<body><div>Police in Philadelphia are investigating a seemingly random attack on a city bus on on Thursday involving a meat clever. The attack took place around 2:30 a.m. early Thursday morning near the Broad Street in the city's Spring Garden district. When the attack occurred the driver of the bus was quick to drive to Philadelphia Police headquarters where a 9th District officer was standing outside. Passengers were then able to run off the bus and inform the officer of the situation. A 45-year-old man allegedly attacked a 61-year-old man in the back of the bus with the meat clever, according to police. When the 9th district officer approached the bus he saw the men holding each other while one of the men was still holding the meat cleaver. The officer ordered the man to drop the weapon and he quickly complied. It was later discovered that the man the officer ordered to drop the weapon was actually the victim of the attack, who had wrestled the cleaver away from his attacker, according to police. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Gs7SN_0wBdk3ef00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Gs7SN_0wBdk3ef00" width="1200" height="665" ><figcaption>"We're really fortunate because the victim was struck in the head with a meat cleaver, which could actually be deadly," Small told ABC6. ( Image: ABC)</figcaption></figure>"The driver of the southbound SEPTA Broad Street Line Owl bus stopped the bus in front of Philadelphia Police Headquarters at North Broad and Callowhill streets around 2:30 a.m. Thursday," Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small and SEPTA spokesperson Kelly Greene told local NBC10. "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 told ABC6 Action News. The two men bother suffered injuries as a result of the attack with the victim having injuries to both his head and hand and the attacker having a small on his hand, but police say they don't know how the attacker was injured. "We're really fortunate because the victim was struck in the head with a meat cleaver, which could actually be deadly," Small told ABC6. Both men were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. Authorities said the two men do not know each other but according to a witness the attacker was "rambling incoherently" before he attacked the man, CBS news reported. Police say the attack was likely caught on the bus's surveillance camera. Witnesses were taken inside police headquarters to give statements about the attack. Police arrested the attacker, who is not being identified at this time, and police say he will likely face charges of aggravated assault and possessing an instrument of crime, ABC6 reports. A motive for the attack has not been revealed as of now. </div></body>

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Philadelphia man 'randomly' attacked with meat cleaver on city bus as horrified passengers looked on

Police in Philadelphia are investigating a seemingly random attack on a city bus on on Thursday involving a meat clever. The attack took place around 2:30 a.m. early Thursday morning near the Broad Street in the city's Spring Garden district. When the attack occurred the driver of the bus was quick to drive to Philadelphia Police headquarters where a 9th District officer was standing outside. Passengers were then able to run off the bus and inform the officer of the situation.