Another Greyhound Stabbing!
WTF another person got stabbed in the chest AGAIN! This becoming a trend pattern on long bus-rides?? 
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Mike McIntyre
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WHITE RIVER, Ont. - A young man was stabbed in the chest while travelling through northern Ontario on a Greyhound bus Sunday afternoon - less than two hours after passengers say the attacker was put on board by police.
The victim - identified by witnesses as an Asian male in his mid-20s Ñ was rushed to hospital but was expected to survive.
Police arrested the suspect near the town of White River, Ont., just moments after the Greyhound driver allowed the man with blood on his hands to get off at the side of the highway.
"We don't know why he was with the police or why he was able to get on the bus with a knife and get that by police," Winnipeg author Anita Daher told the Winnipeg Free Press late Sunday night.
She was one of a dozen passengers who witnessed the terrifying incident, which immediately brought back memories of the July attack near Portage la Prairie, Man., in which a passenger was stabbed and beheaded on a Greyhound.
"There's got to be some security measures put in place. We don't feel safe," said Daher.
She boarded the bus in Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday afternoon, deliberately picking a seat near the front, believing she'd be safe if trouble broke out.
Daher said she was returning messages on her Blackberry when she heard a commotion from the back of the bus just after 3 p.m.
"I heard a shout, someone yelling that someone was having trouble breathing. Then I heard something about a knife," said Daher.
She called 911, then handed the phone to the Greyhound driver.
About the same time, a young man walked up to the front of the bus, blood dripping from his hands.
"I could see the drops on the floor. He was quite concerned about the mess he was making," said Daher.
The man demanded the bus stop and let him off immediately.
The driver - apparently not aware of exactly what had happened - told him they'd be arriving in White River in just a few minutes. The town is about 300 kilometres north of Sault Ste. Marie.
"Just hang on," the driver said, according to Daher.
The man wasn't satisfied, saying "Just open the doors."
"I told him to wait for the next stop. He turned and just kind of glared at me," said Daher.
"People at the back were yelling `Don't let him get away', but the driver stopped and let him off," she said. Police apparently picked him up at the side of the road a short time later.
The bus continued on to White River and stopped at an A&W Restaurant, where they were met by paramedics who rushed the victim to hospital by ambulance.
'He was conscious, but he was holding his chest and clearly in pain," said Daher.
She believes the attacker also cut himself in the hand and even tried to clean himself up in the washroom before fleeing.
The accused got on the bus in the town of Wawa under the direction of provincial police, said Daher.
She believes there had been some kind of disturbance at the local store preceding his boarding.
She said nothing unusual happened before the stabbing and doesnÕt believe the victim and attacker even knew each other.
Two women travelling with the victim were very concerned, said Daher.
'This was all very surprising and very disturbing,' said Daher, who heard from another passenger that the attacker may have tried to stab him first before going after the victim.
A spokeswoman for the Ontario Provincial Police would not comment early Monday on the suggestion that the alleged attacker had been placed on the bus by police.
And a Greyhound spokeswoman said early Monday she cannot confirm any details because of the ongoing police investigation.
Police seized the bus for forensic identification and brought all the passengers to the local detachment for interviews.
Passengers were told they would likely be able to retrieve their possessions from the Greyhound late Sunday night before boarding a chartered bus to continue their journey.
Earlier this month, the family of victim Tim McLean filed a lawsuit that alleged Greyhound and the federal government had failed to provide adequate security measures to the travelling public.
They cited a number of violent incidents in recent years on board Greyhound buses.
They also named the RCMP and murder suspect Vincent Li in the statement of claim, which seeks approximately $170,000 in damages.
Li is charged with second-degree murder and remains before the courts.
His mental health and whether he can be found criminally responsible is expected to be the key issue at trial. |
SOURCE: http://news.therecord.com/News/article/418637
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disgusting
