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Huntingdon train stabbing victim 'didn't have much choice' but to fight back
Stephen Crean confronted a knifeman on a London-bound train, suffering severe injuries that require plastic surgery, while 11 people were stabbed in the attack, police said.
- On Saturday November 1, a London-bound LNER train from Doncaster to London King's Cross experienced a mass stabbing, leading to its diversion to Huntingdon station, Cambridgeshire, where Anthony Williams, 32, was charged with 10 counts of attempted murder.
- After a young woman warned passengers, Stephen Crean said he 'didn't have much choice' but to fight back as the knifeman approached him, facing the attacker face-to-face.
- Bleeding heavily, Stephen Crean ran to a toilet cubicle on the train and was later taken to a local hospital where doctors treated his left hand and fingers, which had four severe cuts, with stitches and bandages.
- British Transport Police declared a major incident and deployed armed officers after the alert at 7.42pm on Saturday, detaining a man within eight minutes and treating eleven people in hospital.
- Sir Keir Starmer praised the responders, saying their 'brave action' 'saved countless lives,' while Evangelos Marinakis offered to cover medical costs for fans.
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The Independent (US)‘I didn’t have a choice’: Hero recalls moment he confronted Huntingdon knife attacker
Eleven people were injured during a mass attack on a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right3Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution39% Left, 38% Center
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- 39% of the sources lean Left, 38% of the sources are Center
39% Left
L 39%
C 38%
R 23%
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