An attack on a transit bus in Surrey, B.C. over the weekend is being treated as terrorism after RCMP national security police took over the investigation.

Abdul Aziz Kawam was initially charged with attempted murder for allegedly slashing a bus passenger in the throat on Saturday morning, but prosecutors added four counts of terrorism on Monday.

A second victim was also allegedly assaulted with a knife at a bus stop.

The charges allege the attacks were carried out for the so-called Islamic State.

The incident took place at about 9:30 a.m. local time when a man flashed a knife at a bus stop, then boarded a Coast Mountain bus and stabbed a passenger in the neck. The victim was badly injured but survived. Rumina Daya reports.

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