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The suspected knifeman in a mass stabbing on a Cambridgeshire train on Saturday attempted to murder another person in London in the early hours of the same day, police have alleged.
British Transport Police on Monday said they had charged Anthony Williams, 32, with an attempted murder at Pontoon Dock, a Docklands Light Railway station in east London, after an incident that left a victim with facial injuries at 12.46am on Saturday morning.
Williams, from Peterborough, has also been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder and with possession of a bladed article over the attack on a Doncaster to London train that seriously injured nine people. One of those injured remains in a life-threatening condition.
He has also been charged with a count of actual bodily harm over an incident in a police custody suite after his arrest.
Stuart Cundy, the British Transport Police’s deputy chief constable, said the force’s investigation was also looking at “other possible linked offences”.
Armed police boarded the Doncaster to London train after it made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. The person with life-threatening injuries is a member of the train’s crew, who has been praised for his heroic actions in trying to stop the attack.
The train’s driver has also been praised for his presence of mind in bringing the train safely to the unscheduled stop at Huntingdon.
Williams is due to appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
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