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Nova Scotia man charged after passenger threatened with knife on New Brunswick bus

RCMP have arrested a Nova Scotia man after he threatened passengers on a bus in New Brunswick. File/ Global News

A 52-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged after someone threatened a passenger on a bus in Salisbury, N.B., on Monday.

According to New Brunswick RCMP, they received a complaint about a man holding a knife who made threats against another passenger.

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No one was injured and the man left on foot.

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The 52-year-old was later arrested without incident at a local business.

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Edward Conrad of Lunenburg, N.S. appeared in court on Oct. 3 and was charged with carrying a weapon for a purpose of committing an offence, committing an assault with a weapon and uttering a threat.

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Conrad has been remanded to a 30-day psychiatric assessment and is scheduled to return to court.

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