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The suspect in Saturday's London-bound train stabbing is now being investigated for other alleged crimes, including stabbing two minors in separate incidents.
A 32-year-old man has been remanded in custody, charged with 10 counts of attempted murder after multiple people were stabbed on a train. Anthony Williams was arrested after the attack on an LNER train from Doncaster to London King's Cross, which stopped in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, shortly before 20:00 GMT on Saturday.
An Australian man has recalled the chilling moment he looked the alleged UK train stabber in the face during a “terrifying” rampage that left 11 people in hospital.
Britain was shocked by a mass stabbing attack on a train Saturday evening, targeting passengers as they traveled through central England on their way to London in an incident Prime Minister Keir Starmer has described as “deeply concerning.
Anthony Williams, 32, of no fixed abode, has been charged over the mass stabbing which took place on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday. British Transport Police, which has taken the lead on the inquiry, said it was being linked with the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in Peterborough on Friday evening.
U.K. police said Sunday that two people remain in a life-threatening condition following a mass stabbing on a London-bound train the previous evening. Authorities added that there was "nothing to suggest" the attack was a terrorist incident.
There were just 11 minutes between the moment British police received an emergency call about a stabbing on a train heading to London and the moment the suspect was arrested.
Cambridgeshire police are reviewing three further incidents, including the stabbing of a 14-year-old in Peterborough, to establish whether there is a connection between them and the Huntingdon train attack.
Cambridgeshire Police previously said the stabbing of a boy the day before and two reports of a knifeman seen at a barber’s were being investigated.