http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7535840.stm
From the BBC:
A man on a Greyhound bus travelling across the Canadian Prairies has killed and decapitated a fellow passenger.
An eyewitness said the victim was stabbed 50 or 60 times by the man sitting next to him, who then severed his head with a large knife.
The attack continued as passengers fled the bus and waited for police...
Sgt Colwell said the "brave" behaviour of the passengers and driver probably prevented anyone else from being hurt.
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Now, I ain't gonna critisise folks for fleeing that bus like rats off the Titanic, but to exactly call "Leaving a guy to be beheaded and closing the door so the killer can't get out" brave...
I dunno...
I don't know why, but this tale sends cold shivers down my spine. What the hell is going on?
Originally posted by shavixmirThe report says he stabbed the victim first.. so hopefully the victim was pretty far gone before the beheading. What would you do? Would you face the attacker? I'm pretty sure not many other people were armed with anything enough to face him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7535840.stm
From the BBC:
A man on a Greyhound bus travelling across the Canadian Prairies has killed and decapitated a fellow passenger.
An eyewitness said the victim was stabbed 50 or 60 times by the man sitting next to him, who then severed his head with a large knife.
The attack continued as passengers fl ...[text shortened]... on't know why, but this tale sends cold shivers down my spine. What the hell is going on?
Those whacky Canadians, gotta love 'em!
Open Question
Why would a man decapitate a fellow bus passenger?
"the kid was listening to music (an iPod some reports said) through earphones. i HATE having idiots sit next to me listening to lousy music that I have to hear because they are too rude to turn the volume down.
so decapitating the kid was extreme, but i can accept that the earphones thing might have been provocation to someone who is mentally unstable."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080731134239AAeQ7kC
Originally posted by shavixmirLike I said, as the report goes, the victim had already been stabbed many times.. there was no one to save. I think closing the door on the monster was the right call.
Yes.
It's a horrible call to make, but I would feel traumatically disappointed in myself if I hadn't tried my best to stop the attacker.
Originally posted by Bosse de NageDid you see the Berg beheading in Iraq about 4 years ago on the web? I couldn't watch.
I'm trying to find articles on the psychology of decapitation without success. Decapitation is an archetypal act, one of many often enacted by psychotics. What script could the man have been following?
Originally posted by SmookiePFunnily enough, I don't enjoy that sort of viewing. Even so, a political execution is less disturbing than an apparently motiveless killing.
Did you see the Berg beheading in Iraq about 4 years ago on the web? I couldn't watch.
I remember a Saudi student describing how his uncle took him to watch a beheading in order to impress on him the inadvisability of crime.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nagehttp://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=e9f08765-1122-448b-aa4f-57688c70fdaf
I'm trying to find articles on the psychology of decapitation without success. Decapitation is an archetypal act, one of many often enacted by psychotics. What script could the man have been following?
Originally posted by Gatecrasher'Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Markesteyn, who did autopsies on hundreds of corpses during his career and now consults on pathology, said decapitations are rare, but he once saw a decapitation caused by an axe and another in Ontario a couple of years ago involving the father and mother of a child.
http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=e9f08765-1122-448b-aa4f-57688c70fdaf
“The father actually took a course in butchering before this,” he said.'
Originally posted by SmookiePNo, it isn't. Understanding why people commit horrific acts is in everyone's interest.
Hindsight is not to be trusted; conjecture on this subject is disgusting.
'It's the nature of psychosis that the mere act of killing isn't enough; a ritualistic climax is also required to quiet the voices, said Dr. John Bradford, a leading Canadian expert on criminal insanity.
"The mind is so disordered the person acts in a frenzied rage, often with amazing strength," said Bradford, head of forensic psychiatry at Royal Ottawa Hospital. "If the mind is convinced the victim is a demon you can imagine how desperate the person is to get rid of such a threat. It's very sad but not unusual." '
http://www.schizophrenia.com/New/Dec2002/violenceDec02.htm
Originally posted by Bosse de NageEw. Ouch.
No, it isn't. Understanding why people commit horrific acts is in everyone's interest.
'It's the nature of psychosis that the mere act of killing isn't enough; a ritualistic climax is also required to quiet the voices, said Dr. John Bradford, a leading Canadian expert on criminal insanity.
"The mind is so disordered the person acts in a frenzied ...[text shortened]... y sad but not unusual." '
http://www.schizophrenia.com/New/Dec2002/violenceDec02.htm
Your pointed interest in this is scaring me,
smook>>>>>> out!