Police investigating a mass stabbing on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire have expanded their inquiry to four knife incidents allegedly linked to the attack. Anthony Williams, 32, is accused of carrying out two separate stabbings before boarding the train where the attack occurred.
Williams had been identified as a suspect by British Transport Police (BTP) after he was reported for an earlier stabbing incident on London's transport system. Authorities had been hunting him, but it wasn't until the high-speed train attack that they were able to apprehend him.
The four incidents in question took place around Peterborough over several hours before Saturday evening's attack. These included a teenage boy being stabbed in city centre, and two separate incidents reported at barber shops in Fletton, where a man was seen with a knife on Friday evening but was later found nowhere by police.
Cambridgeshire police have launched an internal review to assess whether they could have done more to prevent the attack. Meanwhile, the Independent Office for Police Conduct has ruled that the handling of those three incidents does not need further investigation.
A total of 11 people were injured on the train, with four remaining in hospital. The victim who bravely intervened and prevented further attacks is still recovering from his injuries but remains hailed as a hero by authorities.
The government has dismissed the idea of installing knife arches at all rail stations, but acknowledged that more needs to be done to prevent such attacks in the future. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood praised the bravery of those on the train and the heroic actions of passengers who intervened.
Williams had been identified as a suspect by British Transport Police (BTP) after he was reported for an earlier stabbing incident on London's transport system. Authorities had been hunting him, but it wasn't until the high-speed train attack that they were able to apprehend him.
The four incidents in question took place around Peterborough over several hours before Saturday evening's attack. These included a teenage boy being stabbed in city centre, and two separate incidents reported at barber shops in Fletton, where a man was seen with a knife on Friday evening but was later found nowhere by police.
Cambridgeshire police have launched an internal review to assess whether they could have done more to prevent the attack. Meanwhile, the Independent Office for Police Conduct has ruled that the handling of those three incidents does not need further investigation.
A total of 11 people were injured on the train, with four remaining in hospital. The victim who bravely intervened and prevented further attacks is still recovering from his injuries but remains hailed as a hero by authorities.
The government has dismissed the idea of installing knife arches at all rail stations, but acknowledged that more needs to be done to prevent such attacks in the future. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood praised the bravery of those on the train and the heroic actions of passengers who intervened.
They're always popping off at the worst times, like this high-speed train stabbing yesterday. Four incidents linked to Anthony Williams, a total psycho, and they were all happening around Peterborough. I'm surprised they didn't catch him earlier, considering he'd already stabbed someone on London's transport system. 
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. More needs to be done to prevent this kind of stuff from happening again.
I'm still trying to process what happened on that high-speed train in Cambridgeshire. Four knife incidents, all linked to Anthony Williams, and he just walked onto a packed train and went berserk? 
It's like something out of a movie - you know, the kind where everyone's running around, screaming, and someone suddenly appears with a switchblade... 
I'm glad he's okay, but it's crazy that he had to go through all that. And the fact that there were multiple incidents before this one... what was going on? 
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is right; more needs to be done. 
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. Home Sec Shabana Mahmood saying something about bravery from those on the train, and I'm like yeah no kidding! That guy who stopped the attacks should get some serious props 
. Glad to hear most people are okay, fingers crossed for the ones still in hospital 
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Can you imagine being on a train with people just chillin' and then suddenly having to deal with a stabbing? It's crazy how quickly things can escalate. I'm glad the guy who stepped in and tried to stop it is getting the recognition he deserves 
. As for me, it makes me think about all the times I've been on crowded trains or buses and just hoped nothing would happen. Now I see those incidents as a possibility and it's unsettling.
anyone know anything about that? [search google](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-63373717)
And then they find out the perp had already been hunted by cops before this incident, so what did he do while they were looking for him? Take a nap or go on a spa day with his knives? 
This whole thing is just wild...
it's crazy that authorities are launching an internal review to assess whether they could've done more to prevent this, like shouldn't that be a no-brainer after every mass stabbing incident? 
and knife arches at all rail stations... i get what the gov is saying but what if we tried installing metal detectors or security cameras instead of just saying "not now"? 
anyway, my heart goes out to those 11 people who got injured on that train, and that hero passenger who stopped further attacks... we need more people like them! 
? and to make matters worse, there were FOUR incidents leading up to it... all of them linked to the guy who did it. its mind boggling how he managed to slip through the cracks for so long.
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