Police have charged two 13-year-old boys in connection with an alleged assault on a pregnant woman at a bus stop in East Lothian, Scotland, whose husband says she later suffered a miscarriage

Two 13-year-old boys have been charged after a woman was allegedly assaulted at a bus stop and later had a miscarriage.

Police officers were called to High Street in Tranent, East Lothian on Friday, August 30, at around 6.20pm following an incident at a bus stop where the pregnant woman is claimed to have been pushed to the ground leaving her injured.

The victim was then said to have been taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for injuries and her husband later said that she had suffered a miscarriage. Following “extensive enquiries”, police confirmed on Thursday that two 13-year-old males have been charged in connection with the assault.

“Following a report on August 30, that a female was assaulted at a bus stop in Tranent, extensive enquiries were carried out by the East Lothian Community Police Team. Two 13 year old boys have now been charged and reported,” said a Police Scotland spokesperson, reported the Daily Record.

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