Man charged with 10 counts of attempted murder over UK train stabbing that wounded 11 people
The suspect, identified as Anthony Williams, faces multiple charges but terror is not suspected.
UK police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people and revealed that he may have stabbed two other people in the 24 hours before the attack.
British Transport Police said Anthony Williams is charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one of actual bodily harm and one of possession of a bladed article over the attack on Saturday.
Police said Williams is also charged with attempted murder over an earlier incident at Pontoon Dock light rail station in London just before 1am on Saturday, in which a victim “suffered facial injuries after being attacked with a knife” by an assailant who fled the scene.
Investigators were also “looking at other possible linked offences”.
Police say they are not treating the train stabbings as an act of terror and are not looking for other suspects. A second man initially arrested as a suspect was released without charge on Sunday after it was determined the 35-year-old was not involved.
Williams, a British citizen from the city of Peterborough in eastern England, made a brief appearance at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday.