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Transit police say they’ve identified two suspects believed to have been involved in the brutal attack of a woman on a Surrey bus last week.

Transit police spokeswoman Anne Drennan said Tuesday that authorities had received dozens of tips from the public since releasing the images of the alleged suspects, who police believe are husband and wife.

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“As a result, we’ve identified two suspects,” she said. “It’s a very active investigation.”

No arrests have been made yet and Drennan said no further updates would be provided until Wednesday.

On March 20, a 61-year-old woman boarded a bus at Surrey Central and sat down next to a second woman who allegedly pushed her out of the seat. The second woman said she had been saving the seat for her husband. The husband then sat down in the empty seat as the victim got up and sat behind the couple.

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When the victim attempted to take a photograph of the two suspects, the woman is alleged to have grabbed the phone and thrown it before grabbing the victim “by the hair” and “striking her head and chest on the metal handrail repeatedly while threatening to kill her,” according to police.