Overview
- Passengers recorded a violent confrontation on the platform at Worthing railway station on Sunday evening that appears to show three men fighting with large knives.
- British Transport Police were called at about 6:30pm on 11 October and found the suspects had fled before officers arrived.
- Officers from BTP and Sussex Police cordoned the station overnight, carried out searches, and later reopened the station with no arrests reported.
- Enquiries are ongoing and police have asked anyone with information to text BTP on 61016 or call 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 543 of 11 October, with anonymous tips to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
- The circulation of passenger video showing a machete-style blade has raised local safety concerns at transport hubs as investigators work to establish the full circumstances and whether anyone was injured.