Man stabbed and beheaded on Greyhound bus

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Man beheaded on bus to Winnipeg

July 31, 2008 at 11:36 AM EDT

BRANDON, MAN. — A young man travelling on a Greyhound bus was stabbed to death and beheaded by a stranger in a horrifying act of apparently random violence.

The incident occurred on a bus travelling from Edmonton to Winnipeg just before 10 p.m. Wednesday.

A man of about 18 who was sleeping with headphones on was suddenly attacked by his seat mate, according to the man who sat directly in front of them.

He was stabbed repeatedly with a large hunting knife, sending blood spraying across the interior of the bus. The driver quickly pulled over and passengers fled out the front door.

The man then sawed off the victim's head and carried it to the front of the bus.

The two did not apparently know one another. The victim boarded the bus in Edmonton, one witness said, and the attacker boarded in Manitoba.

A standoff with police ensued until about 1 a.m. local time.

One man was taken into custody.

Garnet Caton, 26, was sitting in the seat in front of the attacker.

"I was just reading a book and all of a sudden I heard a guy screaming. I turned around and the guy sitting right beside me was standing up and stabbing another guy with a big Rambo knife," he said.

"Right in the throat. Repeatedly."

The man wielding the knife had a shaved head and was wearing sunglasses, he said.

"He looked totally calm. He didn't say a word I don't think to anybody on the bus ... nothing. Just totally calm."

Mr. Caton said most passengers were sleeping at the time and didn't realize what was happening.

"I screamed 'stop the bus!' ... Everybody got the hell off, and people at the front of the bus didn't really understand what was going on. It almost turned into a trample scene there, everybody trying to get off the bus. But the guy didn't care at all. He wasn't concerned with anybody but the guy he was stabbing.

"The guy was totally calm. When he brought the head he looked at us and dropped it. It was like he was having a day at the beach. He couldn't be bothered by anything else."

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said the violent attack is a "horrific" incident and his heart goes to the family of the victim.

However, Mr. Day played down the possibility of enacting tough security measures in Canada's bus terminals, similar to what already exists in airports.

“People should always be open to looking at precautionary measures. But let's keep in mind that as bizarre and tragic as this is, it is extremely rare,†Mr. Day said.

He also dismissed talk by some opposition MPs of a “knife registry,†saying that millions of them are bought each year simply for kitchen use. He added that there are already provisions in the Criminal Code against crimes and assaults.

Speaking at a Conservative caucus meeting, Mr. Day said he does not want to jeopardize the investigation, but added he wants to see the killer “convicted in court.â€

“We want to make sure that the process is followed as aggressively as possible, a full legal process, and the perpetrator is definitely dealt with the full force of the law,†he said.

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Edited July 31, 2008 by Pattu Rani

[Marilyn. 340]

holy #######!! :o

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Bloody hell - and there are videos of this!?

Christ...

[almaty 19]

#######!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

OHMYGOSH!

[Mononoke28 134]

This just sent chills down my spine.

Diana

[NavarreMan 10]

Must have forgotten to take his meds.

[HannahP 119]

Doesn't surprise me. When we were dating, my now-hubby would take the Greyhound to see me every couple of weeks. (12+ hour ride! Eesh.) Anyway, there are some creepy people who ride the bus!

[Sinergy 3]

wow, thats scary

poor guy

[Emancipation 2]

egad.. this is horrible..

Those poor passengers.. what a trauma to be witness to. This guy clearly can't be in his right mind.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/31/...ranscanada.html

[LovinLiberia 0]

OMGGGGGGGGGGG, that gave me chills. ####### was his problem??? I know those poor passengers were all traumatized. I'm traumatized from reading about it...

Edited July 31, 2008 by LovinLiberia

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

I just got home from eating lunch at Arbys and read this post! Ohhh my gosh! I about barfed it all up from disgust! SICK brain, heartless idiot! disgusting!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I would imagine the guy has some sort of psychotic disorder. You don't do random violence like this unless you are mentally ill. Clearly he shouldn't have been on the streets in the first place.

[peejay 327]

We need to register all knives and implement knife control to prevent this senseless killing in the future.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

We need to register all knives and implement knife control to prevent this senseless killing in the future.

nope! I need to start carrying my own knife around just in case of a situation like this.... its for my own protection!

We need to register all knives and implement knife control to prevent this senseless killing in the future.

nope! I need to start carrying my own knife around just in case of a situation like this.... its for my own protection!

and btw, there will always be the bad guys that dont follow the rules and laws... so dont try to go and make it harder for the rest of us good ones!