Passenger beheaded on Canadian bus during brutal attack
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Posted on: July 31st, 2008 by Doug Smith
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) started speaking early this morning about a “major incident” on an intercity bus in Manitoba. In a truly shocking development, a passenger aboard a Greyhound Canada coach was first stabbed and then ultimately beheaded while on the bus. The victim is said to have been a young male-no more than 20 years of age–who was traveling to Winnipeg (Manitoba). According to a CTV News report, the passenger was asleep or listening quietly to music during much of the bus ride, with his head against the window. Without any warning at all, the man sitting immediately next to him proceeded to stab him with a massive knife. A man sitting nearby noticed and began screaming asking the Greyhound Canada driver to stop the bus immediately.
According to eyewitness testimony, the driver did, in fact halt the bus immediately along the Trans-Canada, near the town of Portage La Prairie (Manitoba). A rush of 37 passengers rapidly exited the bus immediately after it stopped and then a handful of passengers returned to the vehicle, in order to intervene. According to CTV reports, the victim’s head had been “sawed off” by the time they returned. The attacker, however, did not try to flee, but actually threatened the other passengers with a butcher’s knife and held the decapitated man’s head in the other hand. This convinced the other passengers to leave the bus, but they successfully locked the door, thus ensuring that the culprit could not get away.
Once the RCMP arrived on the scene, a massive stand-off is said to have ensued, but the attacker ultimately gave himself up and was taken into custody. All passengers who witnessed the brutal killing are currently speaking to RCMP officers and Greyhound Canada is also assisting in the police investigation. The Canadian government’s public safety minister, Stockwell Day, expressed his shock earlier today, and said that no similar event has ever happened in the country’s history.
Thank you to CTV for the initial report.
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