A 74-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was attacked on a First Bus.

The victim was travelling on the 201 service between Hamilton and East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire on Saturday when he was targeted.

He was repeatedly punched in the face by a man on the bus as it approached a stop near to the Murray Owen Centre in East Kilbride at around 5.20pm.

The attacker and another man then got off the bus and fled the scene. They were last seen on Owen Avenue.

The driver of the bus contacted emergency services and the elderly man was taken to Hairmyres Hospital, where he is currently being treated for an eye injury.

The suspect is described as in his 30s, of medium build with black spiked hair. He was wearing dark rimmed glasses, a blue polo shirt and dark jeans.

He was with another man who is described as being in his 50s with short greying hair.

Detective constable Brian Crawford, at Cambuslang CID, said: "This was a very nasty attack on an elderly man which has left him with a serious eye injury.

"I urge anyone who was travelling on the bus and witnessed the assault to contact police immediately. I'd also like to speak to anyone who was travelling on the bus and knows where the elderly man or the suspect and his friend got on the bus. "

Anyone with information is asked to contact Cambuslang CID via telephone number 101.