2025 Cambridgeshire train stabbing
| 2025 Cambridgeshire train stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Location | LNER train between Peterborough and Huntingdon |
| Date | 1 November 2025 19:39 (GMT) |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapon | Knife |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 11 (2 critically) |
| Accused | Anthony Williams |
| Charges | Attempted murder (11 counts) Actual bodily harm (1 count) Possession of a bladed article (1 count) |
On 1 November 2025, a mass stabbing occurred aboard a London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train in England that had departed from Doncaster and was heading for London King's Cross. A man boarded the train at Peterborough railway station in Cambridgeshire at approximately 19:30 GMT, before attacking passengers indiscriminately.
Within fourteen minutes of the train leaving Peterborough and within five minutes of the first call to emergency services, the train made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon railway station. It was met at 19:44 by armed police who arrested two men, one of whom was released the following day without charge. Ten people were taken to hospital, nine of whom were believed to have life-threatening injuries.
The next day, the police ruled out a terrorist motive, and said that the attacker had acted alone. He was charged with eleven counts of attempted murder, one of which related to an incident at a London station on the morning of the same day.