Scotland Yard treating alleged assault as hate crime after two female suspects heard shouting racist and Islamophobic abuse

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Police have released images of two women wanted in connection with a suspected racist attack on a Muslim woman who was punched and kicked on a London bus.

Scotland Yard said they were treating the alleged assault as a hate crime after witnesses heard two female suspects shouting racist and Islamophobic abuse at the victim.

Officers were called to the incident on the No 63 bus in London Road, Southwark, south London, at about 8.10pm on 28 October.

They found the victim in her 40s badly shaken. She was taken to a central London hospital for treatment, and has since been discharged.

Both suspects are described as black females aged in their 20s. No arrests have been made.

The Metropolitan police have urged anyone with footage or images of the incident to come forward. The bus was travelling from King’s Cross to Peckham and police believe a number of passengers may have filmed the incident and taken pictures of the suspects.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.