A brave Edinburgh woman has recalled the horrifying moment she was faced with a gang of yobs hellbent on Halloween trouble at a bus stop.
Ewa Soltysiak, 43, was heading home from grocery shopping when she tried to get past a group of teenage girls at Cameron Toll in Edinburgh. However, the mum was ambushed by the youths and smacked on the back of the head, reports Edinburgh Live.
Ewa recalled how they smacked her ‘with objects’ as she attempted to make her way home to her son at around 8pm on Thursday, October 31.
She said: “I was coming back from the shops carrying my shopping. I was walking past a bus stop near Cameron Toll where a few adults were waiting for the bus but there was also a large group of girls on the street, teenagers dressed for a party.
“Some were standing on the pavement and some were in the middle of the road in a party mood. I wanted to walk past them and continue home. Suddenly one of them, a whole head bigger than me and heavier, around 80kg hit me in the head from behind. I turned to her and asked, ‘what are you on about?’
“At the same time, other girls surrounded me pushing and hitting me in the head with various objects such as a handbag, and phone.”
She added: “I was walking backward because they continued to shout at me more and more insistently, swearing and waving objects.
“I threatened to turn on the recording on my phone and report them to the police. They automatically started covering their faces as they knew perfectly what to do in such a situation.”
Her quick thinking bought her a few moments and the brave mum eventually managed to escape before the incident escalated further. She added: “The girls were really aggressive towards me and I was very afraid, especially since my young son was left alone at home and I had to get back to him at all costs.
“I suspect that I would have been severely beaten by the angry girls if it wasn’t for the fact a car suddenly stopped behind the bus stop. They were scared of the car and turned around, letting me go.
“I was completely shaken and in shock long after I got home. We as a society allow this kind of behaviour by burying our heads in the sand and doing nothing about it, pretending that the problem doesn’t exist.”
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