Cops swarm city centre with areas taped off after liquid 'thrown at bus driver'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice stormed the city centre after a substance was 'thrown at a bus driver'. Officers descended on the Piccadilly Gardens bus driver at 2.20pm this afternoon (August 8) following reports of an assault.
The Manchester Evening News understands that a liquid was thrown towards a bus driver. The liquid was later tested and found not to be corrosive or noxious.
It's understood the driver pulled away from Piccadilly Gardens following the incident, before coming to a stop on Portland Street.
A police cordon was in place around a Stagecoach bus, parked outside the Manchester One office block, between Chorlton Street and Sackville Street. READ MORE: Three men guilty of murder after driver stabbed 11 times at set of traffic lights Police and firefighters were seen searching the area and checking an item on the ground.
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