A man is in custody and another sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after an assault and stabbing on a transit bus Christmas Eve.
Just after 1:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, two men began fighting on a TransLink bus near East 12th and Kingsway.
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A number of passengers, witnessing the altercation, called 911.
During the melee, one of the men produced a knife and stabbed the other man.
Police responded immediately and located the victim, a man in his 60s, and sent him to hospital.
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The suspect, who is also in his 60s, was identified and police caught up with him, taking him into custody.
He’s facing a charge of assault with a weapon.
No word on a motive for the assault, or if the two knew each other.
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