A woman in her 60s has been pushed in front of an oncoming bus in what police described as an “unprovoked attack” in Pimlico, London.

Her attacker, a woman with two children, reportedly had a verbal exchange with the woman in a Tesco Express before barging the older woman in the shop.

While the victim stood at traffic lights on Vauxhall Bridge Road outside Barclays Bank, the same woman came up and shoulder barged the victim into the path of an oncoming bus.

Footage of the incident released by the Metropolitan Police shows the victim was thrown forward into the path of an oncoming bus. She hit the passenger doors and as she fell, suffering grazes and bruising to her ankles, shins and knees, a cut to the top of her head and an injury to her shoulders.

Detective Constable Samantha Edwards who is leading the investigation said: “This was an unprovoked assault which could have had much more serious consequences.

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“A number of enquiries have been undertaken to locate the person responsible.

“If you recognise this woman I would ask you to contact police immediately.

Police want to speak to this woman about the incident (Metropolitan Police)

“It goes without saying that he victim has been deeply affected emotionally by this whole incident.”

In 2017, in another pushing incident, police released CCTV footage of a 33-year-old jogger apparently being pushed in front of a bus in an unprovoked attack on Putney Bridge. The footage showed that only the bus driver’s quick reactions in swerving out of the way saved her from being run over.

Despite making national headlines, the man was never found and police were forced to close the investigation the following year.

Anyone with information about the latest incident in Pimlico is asked to contact the Serious Crime Unit based at Westminster on 101 or tweet @MetCC.