[Prole]

Well, the b@stard wouldn't have gotten in 40 stabs on me if I were in the bus with him.

I can assure you of that.

[Gondring]

I doubt it took 40. And you can’t be on every bus, in every seat.

[Ghengis]

The very first stab may have been totally disabling and fatal. Seems the poor guy was sleeping and never knew that it was coming.

Bottom line: The scene would be shocking and chaotic. Likely there were numbers of frantic, hysterical people, milling around, trying to make their escape from the proximity of the attack. A bystander/defender would probably have one chance to stop the attack before the attacker turned on the that person with the large hunting knife. I doubt that the victim, in this case, had any opportunity to defend himself.

[E. Cartman]

Always better to be tried by twelve than carried by six.