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A passenger on a SEPTA bus attacked another rider with a meat cleaver in Philadelphia early Thursday morning. The incident occurred at about 2:30 a.m.
as the bus was traveling along North Broad Street in the city’s Spring Garden section, according to reports from 6ABC and NBC10 . Police said the driver stopped the bus in front of the Philadelphia Police Headquarters as another passenger got off and flagged down an officer. The bus driver then told police that two male passengers had gotten into a physical fight.
“According to individuals on the bus, the individual with the meat cleaver started chanting -- saying some things, possibly had some mental health issues,” Chief Inspector Scott Small with the Philadelphia Police Department said to 6ABC. Police said one 45-year-old man attacked another 45-year-old man with the cleaver, wounding the victim in the head and hand. He was taken to a hospital, where he is in stable condition.
The suspect was taken into custody and police recovered the cleaver, news reports said. There were about eight people on the bus at the time of the attack, and police said many of them provided eyewitness accounts. Police told 6ABC that the suspect will likely be charged with aggravated assault, possessing an instrument of crime and other offenses.
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