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Wednesday, October 2. 2002
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FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A
transient was booked on suspi
cion of murder Tuesday for
allegedly slashing the throat of a
Greyhound bus driver with a
pair of scissors, causing a crash
that killed two passengers.
The bus, heading from Los
Angeles to San Francisco,
flipped on its side Monday
evening and slid into a field oft
Interstate 5 near Fresno. It was
carrying 50 passengers.
The suspect, Arturo Martinez,
27, was held on two counts of
murder and one count of attempt
ed murder. Authorities said they
did not know of any motive.
“He has told us several sto
ries about why he did what he
did,” sheriff’s Lt. Margaret
Mims said. She said authorities
were checking to see whether
drugs, alcohol or mental prob
lems played a role.
According to witnesses, the
man rose from his seat shortly
before 9 p.m., walked briskly
up to the driver and attacked
him with the scissors. The driv
er survived.
“It happened very quickly.
He immediately stabbed the
driver, too quickly for the pas
sengers to take action on their
own,” Mims said. She said the
driver “struggled, tried to
defend himself and lost control
of the bus.”
Authorities caught Martinez
as he tried to run away.
Greyhound Lines spokes
woman Lynn Brown said 26
passengers and the driver were
taken to hospitals. Three people,
including the driver, remained
hospitalized Tuesday at a Fresno
hospital, where they were listed
in fair condition.
Alfredo Saravia. a passenger
from suburban Los Angeles, said
he was awoken by the attack.
Greyhound, the nation’s
largest bus service, has hired a
private company to screen some
passengers with electric wands
but has inspectors at only a por
tion of its terminals.
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Fifteen die during militant
attacks in Kashmir election
PAHALGAM. India (AP) — Suspected
Islamic militants unleashed a series of attacks
Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, during
polling for the third round of state elections in
troubled Jammu-Kashmir state.
Attackers opened fire with guns and threw
grenades at a bus near the Pakistan border, killing
nine people, while thousands of Indian soldiers
patrolled the Himalayan region's militant heartland to
secure polling stations.
Six paramilitary troopers escorting poll offi
cials were killed when an explosion destroyed
the vehicle carrying Border Security Force
troopers in Panzgam, 35 miles south of Srinagar,
the summer capital of the state. Four other
troopers were injured.
While the first two rounds of voting for thef
seat state assembly were relatively peaceful, dr
were 23 major incidents Tuesday, including grenaj
explosions, gunfire attack and bomb blasts, ss
Pramod Jain, chief elections officer in Srinagar.
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percent of the registered voters cast their ballet
despite the violence and a separatist calltobov
cott the polls.
“The poll turnout and voter enthusia:
would have been better had the violence nc
erupted.” Jain said.
The turnout was the lowest of the three votini
phases so far.
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