Glasgow Police Arrest 29-Year-Old Over Traffic Cone Assault on Delivery Driver
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 11
Glasgow Police Arrest 29-Year-Old Over Traffic Cone Assault on Delivery Driver
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 11
Summary
A 29-year-old man was arrested in Glasgow's Govan area and charged with racially aggravated assault over a 25 July attack on delivery driver Muhammad Jawad Yaqoob, 31.
The assault happened after an anti-immigration protest at Glasgow Green, where video showed young men shouting racial abuse before one threw an orange traffic cone at Yaqoob.
Police said 15 people were arrested on the day, when "disparate groups" were involved in violence, intimidation and hate-motivated offences during a gathering of about 1,700 people.
Police Scotland's major investigation team is still trying to identify more suspects and said further arrests are planned.
Yaqoob, who moved to Glasgow from Pakistan, previously said the attack left him too scared to return to work and that footage of the incident spread widely on social media.