Police are investigating after reports a yob fired urine from a water pistol at a group of adults and children waiting to cross the road in Bishop’s Stortford town centre.
The family were in South Street on Sunday when a male fired at them from the window of a black Ford Fiesta, between 5.50pm and 6pm, hitting them in the face. One victim of the attack posted on Facebook that his autistic son had been “freaked out and upset beyond belief” by the incident.
A spokesperson for Hertfordshire police said the male who fired the pistol is described as white and there were at least two other people in the car.
Another woman posted on the Bishop’s Stortford Community Facebook group that her son had been sprayed in the face in London Road, Bishop’s Stortford around 6pm on Sunday by someone in a black car in a traffic queue and a runner said the same thing had happened to her.
There was also a post on the Sawbridgeworth Facebook Group of a water pistol attack on Sunday on a woman from a black Ford Fiesta in Station Road, Sawbridgeworth.
The police spokesperson said enquiries are continuing and anyone with information should contact them on 101.