http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/passenger-stabbed-and-beheaded-on-bus-in-canada-13926147.html
A 40-year-old man is being questioned following a horrific attack in which a passenger was stabbed and decapitated on a bus in Canada yesterday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said today that they have charged Vince Weiguang Li from Edmonton with second-degree murder.
Police have not confirmed the identity of the victim but friends have said it was Tim McLean Jr, 22, of Winnipeg.
Li appeared at the Manitoba provincial court in Portage la Prairie around 10 am CT without a lawyer. The suspect refused to speak and would only acknowledge the judge with a nod of the head.
The man was attacked as the Greyhound bus traveled across a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway about 12 miles from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.
Witnesses say the victim was sleeping with headphones on when he was stabbed 40 or 50 times by the man sitting next to him.
The attacker then severed the victim's head with a large hunting knife while other passengers scrambled to flee the scene.
A witness said the suspect had the victim on the floor of the bus and "was cutting his head off".
Passenger Garnet Caton, 26, said: "When he was attacking him, he was calm. There was no rage or, or anything. He was just like a robot.
"The victim didn't do anything to provoke the guy. The guy just took a knife out and stabbed him, started stabbing him like crazy and cut his head off.
"Some people were puking, some people were crying, other people were in shock . . . everybody was running, screaming, off the bus."
My heart goes out to the victim's family and friends.
