Detectives said the elderly victim had 'just wanted to get home' but was left with a black eye when two grinning young women attacked her on the 166 buson Brighton Road, Coulsdon, South London.
Police have arrested a teenager after she was caught on CCTV allegedly punching an 87-year-old woman in the face on a bus.
Detectives said the elderly victim had 'just wanted to get home' but was left with a black eye when two grinning young women verbally abused her and then attacked her.
The unnamed 87-year-old had intervened when the driver confronted the suspects after they boarded the 166 bus on Brighton Road, Coulsdon, south London but refused to pay.
Scotland Yard said today they had arrested a 14-year-old on suspicion of ABH and were pursuing her alleged accomplice.
Footage of the incident shows the 87-year-old stand up to speak to the teenagers at around 3.20pm on Friday, October 16.
Most of the passengers then left the bus after the girls began arguing with the driver and the elderly victim.
One girl then appears to throw a punch and the 87-year-old woman is shown holding her face.
Both girls, described as black and aged between 14 and 18, ran away from the bus.
Another woman passenger came to the aid of the victim, who was taken to the nearby St Helier Hospital and discharged later the same day.
Police sergeant Arran Hillier, from the Croydon Safer Transport Team, said: 'This was a nasty attack on an elderly woman, who just wanted to get home. I urge anyone who may recognise the suspects to contact the police.'
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