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'I thought I was going to die': Passenger tells of panic during knife attack on train

Two British men were arrested after a stabbing on a high-speed train between Peterborough and Huntingdon, leaving 11 injured including two in life-threatening condition, police said.

  • On Saturday evening, the Doncaster to King's Cross 6.25pm LNER service became the scene of a knife attack, causing panic and chaos in Coach G between Peterborough and Huntingdon.
  • The conductor who tried to intervene was stabbed, and witnesses said the attacker appeared calm; at Huntingdon station, the attacker was seen holding a bottle and described as black bearded, wearing all black and a hoody.
  • Ms Ostalski ran into the buffet car and grabbed a metal tray to shield herself and a friend, saying she "started running" and tried to calm others because a young boy, around six years old, hid in the toilets.
  • Armed officers detained and tasered a suspect at Huntingdon, police arrested two men born in Britain, and 11 people were treated in hospital, including two in life-threatening condition.
  • The incident left many passengers shocked and fearful about travelling by train; Amira Ostalski said she found safety in a taxi and is too scared to sit on a train.
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Jonathan Gjoshe remains hospitalized after the knife attack that took place on a train heading towards King's Cross in London on Saturday evening.

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A knife attack on a train in eastern England on Saturday caused at least ten injuries. The motivations of the assailant, a 32-year-old Britishman, remain very vague. A passenger agreed to tell the TF1 team what he experienced. - "We were in the same car" : witness of the stabbing attack on a train in England, he tells the horror (International).

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The conductor of the train and a crew member of the flight crew showed decisive coolness and courage to limit the outcome of the knife attack that took place Saturday, November 1st in the evening. The second is between life and death.

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