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Police investigating three separate incidents before knife attack on train as teenager stabbed

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Updated 17:45 3 Nov 2025 GMTPublished 17:31 3 Nov 2025 GMT

Police investigating three separate incidents before knife attack on train as teenager stabbed

Authorities are looking into three other incidents in the hours leading up to the Huntingdon knife attack

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

It has been reported by British Transport Police that there are three separate incidents being investigated, prior to the tragic stabbing which took place on a London-bound train.

Earlier today, police confirmed that a 32-year-old man was arrested in connection with the horror knife attack which took place on the 18:25 London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service bound for King's Cross on Saturday 1 November.

Eleven people were left injured in the aftermath of the knife attack, with nine left fighting for their lives, as witnesses reported police using a taser on a man holding a knife at the scene.

While two suspects were arrested in the aftermath of the incident, one has been released, while Anthony Williams, from Peterborough, has been charged for the attack.

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The train made an emergency stop at Huntingdon after the knife attack onboard (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
The train made an emergency stop at Huntingdon after the knife attack onboard (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Brit has been charged with 11 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article, with one count of attempted murder in relation to a previous incident, said British Transport Police.

He appeared at Peterborough Magistrates this morning (3 November), with the bodily harm charge related to an assault on a 'police officer in a custody suite' which took place after the train incident, report the BBC.

Friday 31 October

7.10pm

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Now, authorities are investigating his alleged involvement in the stabbing of a teenager in Peterborough city centre on Friday night, as a 14-year-old was taken to hospital, suffering minor injuries.

Police arrived at the scene after the suspect fled, with officers unable to find them with the help of a sniffer dog.

7.25pm

It has been reported that 15 minutes after the incident, a man was seen with a knife at a barber's shop in the Fletton area of Peterborough, with this only being reported to police almost two hours later at 9.10pm, at which point he had left the scene.


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Saturday 1 November

12.46am

In the early hours of the next morning, Isaiah Ishmael Idris suffered facial injuries when he was attacked with a knife on a DLR train at Pontoon Dock in East London, with the suspect fleeing - in another case which police looked into.

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Anthony Williams has been charged with attempted murder in relation to this attack.

9.25am

Later that day, a second report was received by Cambridgeshire Police, with details of a man with a knife at a barbers' shop in Fletton who was at the scene at the time of the call, though he couldn't be found when police showed up 18 minutes later.

The man is believed to be Williams, though this is yet to be confirmed.

Williams has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder in relation to the knife attack (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Williams has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder in relation to the knife attack (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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7.30pm

On that Saturday night, a mass stabbing took place on a train from Doncaster to London, with passenger alarms being pulled to stop the train at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.

7.39pm

Cambridgeshire Constabulary police were called to the scene, with British Transport Police also making their way by 7.42pm.

Within eight minutes of the call, two men were apprehended by armed officers, with Williams being charged in Magistrates' Court this morning.

LADbible has reached out to Cambridgeshire Police for comment.

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Topics: London, Crime, UK News

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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