HUMZA Yousaf has condemned reports of a man being assaulted while selling poppies during a pro-Palestine rally.
The incident allegedly occurred as 78-year-old Jim Henderson left Waverley Station in Edinburgh on Saturday.
He said: “I was getting shoved backwards, in danger of falling, and one of them stood on my foot and split my toe.“I thought I had got to get the money out of here. So I went down, and as I bent down someone punched me in the back. And then I got another punch in my side.”“I’ve never known anything like it,” he said.Henderson told the newspaper he had served in the Royal Corps of Signals, 32 Signal Regiment in Northern Ireland..
British Transport Police Assistant Chief Constable Sean O’Callaghan said: “Detectives from British Transport Police are investigating a reported assault at Edinburgh Waverley Station on Saturday November 4.“Detectives have been investigating the incident since it was reported to police on November 4.”
“Our volunteer is safe and well, and we thank those that took the time to escort him out of the station.”
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