Winnipeg police: Woman, daughter attacked on bus [Video]

A woman is speaking out after an assault on a Winnipeg Transit bus sent her and her daughter to the hospital.

“You shouldn’t be scared to leave your house and go on the bus,” said the woman, who asked not to be identified for safety reasons.

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The incident took place on Monday evening on a bus in the area of Portage Avenue and Valour Road.

According to the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS), three suspects got on the bus and got into an unprovoked argument with the victims. Police said the argument escalated and ended with the woman, 40, and her daughter, 16, being attacked with an edged weapon.

The suspects, who also robbed the victims of their personal belongings, fled the area before police got to the scene.

The woman and her daughter were taken …