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GVB driver assaulted on bus in Geuzenveld

A GVB bus driver was hospitalized after being physically assaulted on bus line 21 in Geuzenveld, Amsterdam, on Wednesday afternoon. Video footage of the incident shows an assailant putting the employee in a neck lock and stepping on him before police arrived at the scene on Ruys de Beerenbrouckstraat. Authorities are currently investigating the attack, which city officials have strongly condemned as unacceptable violence against public service workers.

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