Eight people have been injured after a Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) bus was reportedly set alight in Gugulethu in the early hours of Monday morning.

According to the bus company, reports from the scene suggest that a petrol bomb was thrown by assailants at Duinefontein and Govan Mbeki just before 7 am. GABS spokesperson Bronwyn Dyke-beyer says the assailants used darkness and the homes around them as cover.

Dyke-Beyer says the fire was reportedly extinguished by the City’s Law Enforcement and Traffic Services officers.

In a short statement issued by Golden Arrow, it confirmed that the eight passengers who were injured in the attack are receiving medical attention.

Dyke-Beyer added that a second bus was also attacked, but the fire on the second bus was quickly extinguished, and no injuries were reported in that incident.

“Diversions are in place [and] these attacks are callous and extremely dangerous and cannot simply be accepted as the norm,” said Dyke-Beyer

Smile FM have contacted police regarding the incident. Police Sergeant Wesley Twigg says they have been made aware of a bus which was set alight in Govan Mbeki Road; however, no criminal cases have been registered as yet.