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Bus passenger beheaded seat mate; friggin' psycho
Topic Started: Jul 31 2008, 11:28 AM (1,104 Views)
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Bus passenger beheaded seat mate, witness says

(CNN) -- As horrified travelers watched, a Greyhound Canada bus passenger repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated the young man sitting beside him, who was sleeping with his head leaning against the window, a witness said Thursday.

"There was a bloodcurdling scream. I was just reading my book, and all of a sudden I heard it," said Garnet Caton, who was sitting in front of the two men.

"It was like something between a dog howling and a baby crying, I guess you could say. I don't think it will leave me for a while."

Caton said he shouted at the other passengers, many of whom also were sleeping, to leave.

"Everybody got off the bus. Me and a trucker that stopped and the Greyhound driver ran up to the door to maybe see if the guy was still alive or we could help or something like that," Caton said.

"And when we all got up, we saw that the guy was cutting off the guy's head. ... When he saw us, he came back to the front of the bus, told the driver to shut the door. He pressed the button and the door shut, but it didn't shut in time, and the guy was able to get his knife out and take a swipe at us," Caton said.

Caton told The Associated Press the attacker didn't sit near the victim when he first got on the bus, about an hour before the attack.

"He sat in the front at first, everything was normal," Caton told the AP. "We went to the next stop, and he got off and had a smoke with another young lady there. When he got on the bus again, he came to the back near where I was sitting. He put his bags in the overhead compartment. He didn't say a word to anybody. He seemed totally normal."

Half an hour later, the attack began, Caton told the AP. "There was no rage or anything. He was like a robot, stabbing the guy."

The incident happened late Wednesday west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, but a standoff between the attacker and police lasted into early Thursday.

The bus was traveling along the Trans-Canada Highway from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was about 45 minutes from its destination when the attack occurred, said Greyhound spokeswoman Abby Wambaugh in Dallas, Texas.

Caton told the AP the victim appeared to be about 19 years old and had gotten on the bus in Edmonton.

Witnesses told Canadian TV that the attacker was wielding a butcher-type knife. They said the trucker who stopped provided wrenches and crowbars to several of the men, who were able to keep the suspect on the bus until police came. After the standoff, police took the man into custody.

Wambaugh declined to comment further, except to "confirm that there was an incident on one of our buses."

"I don't want to compromise the investigation," she told CNN.

The incident occurred on the first of two Greyhound Canada buses that were traveling together, she said. The bus was carrying 37 passengers. As many passengers as possible among those not directly involved in the incident were transferred to the second bus, she said.


Others were taken to a hotel in Brandon, where they were met by Greyhound managers and police, Wambaugh said.

Once they are released, Greyhound will take them by bus to Winnipeg, and "we will do whatever is required to help them -- and that includes counseling," she added.


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OMGWTF??? :hair:
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Oh, comeon. It was Greyhound, and ya'll are surprised? I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner.
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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Yeah but this is Canadian Greyhound bus line, LD.

Not the Al-Qaeda Greyhound bus line in Iraq.
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I have to admit I did wonder briefly whether the poor guy who was beheaded was playing some particularly annoying music on leaky headphones.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Jul 31 2008, 03:46 PM
I have to admit I did wonder briefly whether the poor guy who was beheaded was playing some particularly annoying music on leaky headphones.


Maybe eating fries with trans-fats.
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i dont see whats the problem...
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He was probably yacking on his cellphone. Bastard. :mad2:
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Once they are released, Greyhound will take them by bus to Winnipeg, and "we will do whatever is required to help them -- and that includes counseling," she added.


nothing more soothing to the senses then counseling given by a bus company.
"I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen
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Jul 31 2008, 03:52 PM
He was probably yacking on his cellphone. Bastard. :mad2:

Just saved him from getting cancer. :leaving:
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could have been worse.

if it was on an airplane, they would have to stick the head into the overhead bin until the plane landed...
"I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen
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LadyElton
Jul 31 2008, 02:54 PM
Frank_W
Jul 31 2008, 03:52 PM
He was probably yacking on his cellphone. Bastard.  :mad2:

Just saved him from getting cancer. :leaving:

:lol2: :lol2: :devilgrin:


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Remember, whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you.....

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STRANGER!

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I seem to recall Brandon as having a large mental health institution. (I used to live in Winnipeg, and 'taking a trip to Brandon' had it's own meaning). It's been closed now for some years, with the patients all being sent to live 'in the community.'
Doesn't say that this guy was from there, but makes you go hmm.
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LadyElton
Jul 31 2008, 09:28 PM
Copyright 2008 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report


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Chilling eye-witness account (video) - http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c2e_1217531771
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Man.... :no:
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That is one fcuked-up individual.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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kenny
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Look he only killed one person.

All things in moderation.
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
It's just an agreement that we don't cut off people's heads on buses.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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kenny
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Jul 31 2008, 02:55 PM
It's just an agreement that we don't cut off people's heads on buses.

Now you're getting it! :thumb:
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kenny
Jul 31 2008, 04:07 PM
ivorythumper
Jul 31 2008, 02:55 PM
It's just an agreement that we don't cut off people's heads on buses.

Now you're getting it! :thumb:

Can we make an agreement that you won't cut off our heads when you visit? :eek:

:P
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Jul 31 2008, 03:46 PM
I have to admit I did wonder briefly whether the poor guy who was beheaded was playing some particularly annoying music on leaky headphones.


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Caton and other passengers said the attacker and his victim, who was listening to music on headphones, were sitting together at the rear of the bus, and the attack appeared to be unprovoked - no words were exchanged.

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Caton said the victim boarded in Edmonton, was Aboriginal in appearance, was wearing hip-hop clothing and appeared to be around 20 years of age.


Clearly a case of elder disrespect. :wink:
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