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'Hero' train staff member fighting for life after trying to stop knife attacker as one suspect released
The LNER staff member’s intervention during a knife attack on a high-speed train saved lives; 11 victims were hospitalized, with one still in critical condition, police said.
- On Saturday an unnamed LNER rail staff member tried to stop a knife attacker on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service at Huntingdon and remains in critical condition.
- British Transport Police said a 32-year-old man from Peterborough remains in custody on suspicion of attempted murder, while specialist detectives examine his background and say the attack is not believed to be terrorism.
- Eleven people were treated in hospital after the attack, with police officers recovering a knife and passengers hiding in toilets and the buffet car using clothing to stem bleeding.
- LNER warned disruption to East Coast Main Line services will last until Monday and urged passengers to defer travel, while Huntingdon station remains closed and victims and the rail worker's family receive support.
- Witnesses including Olly Foster and Thomas McLachlan described severe injuries and blood everywhere, while Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis pledged to fund medical care for fans, and Andrew Johnson, train driver, was commended for taking the train to Huntingdon.
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A 32-year-old man injured at least 10 people on a train in the direction of the London station at King's Cross this Sunday. Among them, an employee of the railway company who intervened in front of the attacker and whose life-saving prognosis is engaged. - Attack on a train in England: "heroic", an employee of the railway company "save lives" (International).
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