{"id":259558,"date":"2025-11-03T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/259558\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:10:10","slug":"man-charged-with-10-counts-of-attempted-murder-after-uk-train-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/259558\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with 10 counts of attempted murder after UK train stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"

British prosecutors have charged a 32-year-old man with 10 counts of attempted murder after a mass stabbing on a London-bound train that left multiple passengers injured on Saturday, including two critically.<\/p>\n

The Crown Prosecutor Service (CPS) has announced that Anthony Williams has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article, relating to an incident on a LNER train from Doncaster to London.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has also been charged with another count of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article in connection to an incident at Pontoon Dock light rail station earlier on the same day.<\/p>\n

Police say British man is only suspect in train attack<\/a><\/p>\n

British police are not treating a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train as an act of terror. It left at least 11 people in hospital, some in critical condition.<\/p>\n

Chief Crown Prosecutor Tracy Easton said the CPS had worked closely with British Transport Police to review a huge volume of evidence, including CCTV.<\/p>\n

“Our team of out-of-hours prosecutors worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring the case to trial and it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The number of charges will be kept under review as this continues to progress.<\/p>\n

“We know the devastating impact the events on Saturday’s train has had and how the incident shocked the entire country. Our thoughts remain with all those effected.”<\/p>\n

\"People's<\/p>\n

The UK Crown Prosecutor Service has charged a 32-year-old man with 11 counts of attempted murder. (AP: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n

Anthony Williams, a British citizen from the city of Peterborough in eastern England, will appear at Peterborough Magistrates Court today.<\/p>\n

Police say they are not treating the stabbings as an act of terror.<\/p>\n

The minutes-long stabbing spree spread fear and panic through a train bound from Doncaster in northern England to London on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

UK police say mass train stabbing not considered a terrorist incident<\/a><\/p>\n

Police investigating a mass stabbing on a train bound for London on Saturday say there is nothing to suggest it was a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n

The suspect was arrested when the train made an emergency stop in the town of Huntingdon in eastern England.<\/p>\n

Passengers described scenes of panic as bloodied travellers raced down the train to get away from the attacker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most seriously wounded victim is a member of railway staff who tried to stop the attacker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police called his actions “nothing short of heroic”.<\/p>\n

He is hospitalised in a critical but stable condition.<\/p>\n

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