Taxi drivers robbed and attacked, says union

AT LEAST 34 taxi drivers have been physically attacked or, robbed so far this year, according to the country’s largest taxi drivers’ union.

In one incident, a driver was threatened with a machete while another had a Vodka bottle smashed over his head.

The National Taxi Drivers’ Union said yesterday it would be writing again to Justice Minister Michael McDowell, requesting a meeting to discuss violence against its members.