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Man's throat slashed on Surrey, B.C., bus: police

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 03 Apr, 2023 01:03 PM

SURREY, B.C. - A suspect accused of slashing a person's throat on a bus in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend has been charged with four terrorism-related offences in the attack, which left a man with life-threatening injuries.

Court documents show that Abdul Aziz Kawam, born in 1995, faces four counts of committing an offence "for the benefit of a terrorist group" linked to the attack on Saturday.

The terror charges carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Kawam, who was due back in Surrey provincial court Monday, is also facing charges of attempted murder, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and two counts of assault or causing harm with a weapon.

Metro Vancouver Transit Police say an altercation took place on a bus on Saturday near the intersection of 148th Street and Fraser Highway.

Police say one man allegedly took out a knife and slashed the other across the throat, before being arrested at the scene by transit police and Surrey RCMP officers.

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