Passengers flee as court hears evidence of knife attacks aboard LNER train
Footage shown at Cambridge Crown Court depicts passengers fleeing and hiding as Anthony Williams allegedly attacked people with a knife on an LNER train to London. The case matters because prosecutors say the train attack formed part of a series of assaults across the Halloween weekend, and the jury is hearing evidence about what happened.
The article says three people, including a 14-year-old boy, were attacked in Peterborough on 31 October, followed by an assault on a man on London’s Docklands Light Railway. On the evening of 1 November, ten people were attacked aboard the train; staff member Samir Zitouni was stabbed while trying to intervene with a frying pan, and passengers also used a toaster to defend others. The driver diverted the train to Huntingdon, where passengers ran along the platform and Williams was arrested; he denies 14 counts of attempted murder.
In short
- Court footage shows passengers fleeing a knife attack on an LNER train.
- Ten people were attacked aboard the service on 1 November.
- The driver diverted the train to Huntingdon, where Williams was arrested.
Explained simply
The case concerns a series of alleged knife attacks across the Halloween weekend in 2024. Prosecutors say Anthony Williams attacked people in Peterborough on 31 October, then assaulted a man on London’s Docklands Light Railway before a later incident on an LNER train.
LNER is the company that runs the train service involved. Prosecutors say ten people were attacked aboard the train on 1 November, including staff member Samir Zitouni, who was stabbed while trying to intervene. The driver diverted the train to Huntingdon, where Williams was arrested.
Williams denies 14 counts of attempted murder. The trial matters because jurors are hearing evidence about the alleged attacks and how passengers and staff responded.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Terrifying moment Huntington train passengers flee for their lives as ‘knifeman rampages through carriages’”.