A pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage and lost her unborn child after being attacked by two schoolboys while waiting for a bus in Scotland.
The woman is said to have
gotten into an altercation with two teenagers in the High Street in Tranent,
East Lothian at around 6.20pm last Friday. The teenagers pushed the pregnant
woman off a bench and knocked her to the ground before running off.
She was rushed to Edinburgh
Royal Infirmary by her husband the following afternoon after suffering from
'bleeding and severe and unbearable pain'.
Her heartbroken husband wrote
an appeal on social media following the incident to track down the teenagers.
He later posted an update on
Tuesday revealing that his wife suffered a miscarriage while in hospital.
He wrote: 'I just want to
update everyone about the condition of my wife.
'It is with a heavy heart to
inform the community that my wife had a miscarriage, pregnancy loss and she is
still in the hospital recuperating.
'This is a very traumatic,
heartbreaking, and horrible experience for us, especially for my wife and kids.
'I am making an appeal to
everyone, if you have sons and daughters, nieces [and] nephews, please have a
word with them.
'Teach them and remind them
every day how to respect people and behave in public places. Good manners
should be taught and start at home.'
People were shocked to read the
post with one person responding: 'Sorry to hear this, hope they charge whoever
did this to your wife and baby.'
Another said: 'I'm so sorry for
this devastating loss, I hope in time you get justice.'
And another said: 'Oh my God,
that's so terrible. I really hoped she would get better. Love to you all.'
According to the social media
appeal, the boys were high school students and were wearing black uniforms,
with one in shorts and the other wearing trousers.
The pregnant woman even offered
them a seat and tried to be nice but the teenagers were 'rude'.
After she was hurt, she got
angry and told them she was pregnant. They 'said sorry and ran away', the
social media post added.
Writing on Saturday afternoon,
the husband said: 'Just an update regarding my post last night, my wife is
bleeding now and she is in severe and unbearable pain.
'We are waiting for the
ambulance service. This is a call for justice.'
Mike Falconer, chairperson for
Tranent and Elphinstone Community Council, said: 'My absolute sincerest
sympathies to them, this is absolutely awful.
'Thankfully things like this
don't happen often.
'I hope they're able to trace
the people responsible and they face up to what they've done.'
A Police Scotland spokesperson
said: 'We received a report of an assault on High Street, Tranent, which
happened on Friday, 30 August.
'Enquiries are ongoing.'
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