Passenger stabbed during unprovoked attack on Halifax Transit bus, police say – Halifax [Video]

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.

“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.”