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• On July 31, 2008, a man, identified as 40-year-old Vince Weiguang Li, stabbed the passenger sitting next to him, then decapitated his victim, while riding a Greyhound bus in Canada.The Associated Press: Canada bus attack leaves man decapitated (July 31, 2008)

  The incident was witnessed by several other passengers and the attacker was arrested. The Canadian Press reported that the victim was 22-year-old Tim McLean of Winnipeg.CNN: Canada: Tributes Pour In For Beheaded Man (August 1, 2008)

  A recording of police radio transmissions, describing the incident in progress, was leaked to the internet on August 2, 2008.The Canadian Press: Police radio transmission in Manitoba bus slaying leaked on internet (August 1, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Occurred on July 31, 2008
  2. Route from Edmonton, Alberta to Winnipeg, Manitoba
  3. Stabbed the victim 50 to 60 timesThe Associated Press: Canada bus attack leaves man decapitated (July 31, 2008)
  4. Witnesses say that the attacker showed no angerBBC News: Man decapitated on Canadian bus (July 31, 2008)
  5. Was described as a "robot"BBC News: Man decapitated on Canadian bus (July 31, 2008)

• Quotes

  "He put his bags in the overhead compartment. He didn't say a word to anybody. He seemed totally normal. He had sunglasses on. He sat down. And then, about a half an hour later, we heard this blood-curdling scream and turned around and the guy was standing up, stabbing this guy repeatedly, repeatedly, like, I dunno, must have been 40, 50 times in the neck and in the chest area. When he was attacking him, he was calm as like, it was like he was at the beach. He (was) totally calm, he didn't say anything. There was no rage or, or anything. He was just like a robot stabbing the guy."—Garnet Caton, witnessThe Canadian Press: Transcript of an interview with a witness to the Greyhound bus decapitation (July 31, 2008)

• Police Recording

  A recording of communications between officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has appeared online. In it, an officer who was witnessing the crime in progress described the scene. Li, the perpetrator, is referred to as "Badger." The following are excerpts.

  • "Badger is armed with a knife and a pair of scissors and he is defiling the body at the front of the bus as we speak."The Canadian Press: Police radio transmission in Manitoba bus slaying leaked on internet (August 1, 2008)

  • "Okay, Badger's at the back of the bus, hacking off pieces and eating it."The Canadian Press: Police radio transmission in Manitoba bus slaying leaked on internet (August 1, 2008)

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