Man threatens to kill bus passengers in Bergen, subdued and arrested
A passenger on a Loddefjord bus in Bergen threatened to kill fellow riders and attacked them with a skateboard; other commuters restrained him until police arrived and took him into custody.
On Monday night a man on a bus in Loddefjord, Bergen, shouted that he would murder other passengers and struck them with a skateboard. Fellow riders overpowered him, holding him on the ground until officers responded. Police arrested the suspect, placed him in a drukkenskapsarrest and filed charges. No injuries were reported. Operation chief Knut Dahl-Michelsen of Vest politidistrikt described the incident.
Why it matters
It shows how swift citizen action and police response can prevent violence on public transport.
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