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UK: Man charged with attempted murder over train stabbings

Jon Shelton with AP, Reuters
November 3, 2025

UK authorities have charged a man with 11 counts of attempted murder after a train attack on Saturday. The crime is being labeled an isolated incident and does not appear to have terror ties.

A transportation worker in an orange safety jacket stands next to a train on a platform on Nov 3, 2025
Authorities say the perpetrator attempted to kill 10 people on a London-bound train Saturday and another at a transit station just prior Image: Chris Radburn/AFP/Getty Images

Prosecutors in the United Kingdom on Monday announced charges against a man suspected of carrying out a knife attack on a London-bound train on Saturday.

The 32-year-old Briton was charged with 10 counts of attempted murder in the stabbing that saw several people hospitalized with serious injuries, as well as one count of attempted murder at a London transit station earlier in the day.

The suspect was also charged with committing bodily harm as well as two counts of illegal possession of a bladed article.

Authorities say the incidents were isolated and not being treated as terror attacks.

'Nothing short of heroic': Train attendant risks life to save others

Eleven people were injured in the train attack, one of whom — a crew member who remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition — is credited with ending the siege. Five of those hospitalized for their injuries have been discharged.

The stabbing spree, which lasted for several minutes, forced the Doncaster to London train to make an emergency stop in Huntingdon, just minutes after departing from a regularly scheduled stop at Peterborough.

It was in Peterborough, the perpetrator's hometown, where the knife-wielding man entered the train.

Police say they had officers at the scene just eight minutes after they received their first emergency calls from passengers on the moving train.

The attacker, whom Transport Minister Heidi Alexander said was not known to police, will be arraigned at Peterborough Magistrates Court on Monday afternoon.

UK police rule out terrorism after mass stabbing on train

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Edited by: Rana Taha

Jon Shelton Writer, translator and editor with DW's online news team.
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