A Halifax man has been charged with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public after a passenger was stabbed on a Halifax Transit bus Sunday night.
In a release, Halifax Regional Police said officers responded to the assault around 10:20 p.m., while the bus was travelling in the area of the 2500 block of Robie Street.
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“A man approached another man, who was not known to him, and stabbed him with a small, pointed object,” the release said.
“The suspect then fled the bus on foot. The victim was treated by EHS for non-life-threatening injuries.”
Halifax Regional Police spokesperson Const. John MacLeod said the weapon wasn’t a knife, but described it as a “pointy piece of metal.”
“It was basically a metal stick,” he said.
MacLeod said he believes there was no altercation between the two passengers prior to the alleged attack, saying it was “unprovoked and unexpected.”
The suspect, 37-year-old Adam Atkinson, was arrested a short time after the incident. He was scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court Monday.
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