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Williams Charged in LNER Train Stabbings as Police Review Prior Warnings and Link Earlier Knife Incidents

Investigators have connected the Huntingdon attack to four knife incidents in the preceding 24 hours.

Overview

  • Anthony Williams, 32, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court and was remanded in custody on attempted murder charges tied to the November 1 train attack.
  • British Transport Police took primacy of the case and formally linked the train stabbings to several earlier incidents, including a reported DLR attack and confrontations in Peterborough.
  • Eleven people were injured on the train, and an LNER staff member remained in hospital in a critical but stable condition as of Tuesday, according to local reporting.
  • Cambridgeshire Police said an October 25 report of a car being kicked on the suspect’s street is now part of an internal review after the neighbor said no officers were sent at the time.
  • Media published CCTV that purportedly shows a man brandishing a knife at a Peterborough barber’s shop before the train attack, and witnesses described confronting the attacker as passengers fled.