"And when we all got up, we saw that the guy was cutting off the guy's head. 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. Caton said he shouted at the other passengers, many of whom also were sleeping, to leave. 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, Greyhound spokeswoman Abby Wambaugh said in Dallas, Texas.Ĭaton said the victim was sleeping with his head leaning against the window when the attack happened. By the time they arrived at the scene, everyone except the knife-wielder and his victim had left the bus, Colwell said. The police received a call reporting the attack at 8:30 p.m. And yet I'm told that each of you acted swiftly, calmly and bravely," Colwell said. "What you saw and what you experienced would shake the most seasoned police officer. Witnesses described the weapon as a large butcher-type knife.Ĭaton told The Associated Press that the victim appeared to be about 19 years old and had gotten on the bus in Edmonton.Ĭolwell praised the "extraordinary" level-headedness and bravery of the bus driver and passengers. He said he didn't know how many times the victim was stabbed. There was no immediate indication of what prompted the attack, Colwell said. He said no formal charges had been filed, and he declined to identify either the man in custody or the victim, who were among 34 passengers. The suspect was seized with the help of negotiators, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Passengers exited the bus, and a trucker who stopped provided wrenches and crowbars to several of them so they could keep the suspect on the bus until police came, witnesses told Canadian TV. "I don't think it will leave me for a while." "It was like something between a dog howling and a baby crying, I guess you could say," Caton said. I was just reading my book, and all of a sudden, I heard it," Garnet Caton, who was sitting in front of the two men, said of the Wednesday night incident west of Portage la Prairie in Manitoba.
(CNN) - As horrified travelers watched, a Greyhound Canada bus passenger repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated a young man who was sitting and sleeping beside him, a witness said Thursday.
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