A man sleeping on a Greyhound bus traveling through Canada was killed and decapitated by his seatmate Wednesday night.

Witnesses describe hearing a bloodcurdling scream and seeing a man standing over the victim, continually stabbing him. The passengers exited the bus and barred the attacker inside, according to msnbc.com.

The Royal Mounted Police arrived on the scene and took the attacker into custoday, according to a CBC Television report.