POLICE have arrested a man after they were called to a bus stop following complaints from several passengers that they were assaulted on the Belfast to Derry bus service.
It is alleged he tried to indecently touch a number of female passengers.
The bus driver was forced to stop the bus and called police to meet the Ulsterbus at the Castledawson roundabout.
Police are investigating reports that when the bus driver and several passenger tried to get the man off the bus, an eldery woman was assaulted and an elderly man was pushed to the ground.
As the female bus driver and several passengers attempted to remove the man from the bus, a scuffle broke out and an elderly woman was allegedly assaulted and an elderly man was pushed to the ground.
A man in his 40s was arrested by police in Magherafelt for alleged assault and indecent assault.
He remains in police custody being questioned over the attacks.
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