NSW: Passenger escapes injury as projectile hits train

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2000
NSW: Passenger escapes injury as projectile hits train

New South Wales police say a man narrowly escaped injury when a projectile was fired
at a moving train in Sydney's west.

The third attack on a Sydney train in recent months, police believe the projectile
came from a firearm or high-powered slingshot as the train left Leightonfield station
about 7.30pm (AEDT) yesterday.

Police say the sole passenger on board the carriage was uninjured when the projectile
passed through the northern side of the carriage and exited out the other side.

The exact nature of the projectile is not known.

On October 18, a gunman fired at a train in Sydney's northern suburb of Normanhurst,
shattering the window of a carriage.

And three days earlier, a driver narrowly escaped injury when a bullet was fired into
his compartment near Artarmon station in Sydney's north.

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KEYWORD: PROJECTILE (SYDNEY)

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