Overview
- LNER identified customer host Samir Zitouni, 48, as the staff member who intervened to protect passengers and whose actions were credited by police with saving lives, with his family thanking well‑wishers and hospital staff.
- Anthony Williams, 32, has been charged with multiple counts including attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in relation to the train attack and a separate Pontoon Dock DLR incident, and has been remanded to appear at Cambridge Crown Court on December 1.
- Passenger Stephen Crean described confronting the knifeman, recounting the attacker asking “Do you want to die?” before Crean suffered multiple stab wounds and later received hospital treatment.
- Eleven people were treated after the attack, with several discharged; Scunthorpe United defender Jonathan Gjoshe sustained non‑life‑threatening injuries and remains in hospital.
- Driver Andrew Johnson diverted the train for an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon, enabling an armed response and detentions, as police continue to review CCTV and potential links to earlier Peterborough incidents; authorities say the suspect was not known to counter‑terror agencies.