A 32-year-old British man has been charged with attempted murder during an attack on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday, which left 11 injured, one of whom remains in a serious condition, police announced. The train was traveling from Doncaster to London, on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
The man (Anthony Williams, aged 32, from Peterborough) is accused of ten attempted murder, one count of grievous bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed weapon, revealed the British Transport Police (BTP), which is investigating the case.
The same citizen was charged with attempted murder and possession of a sharp weapon, which also occurred in London on Saturday, and is expected to appear at the Peterborough Magistrates Court this morning. But authorities admit that the number of charges could be revised as the process progresses.
BTP deputy chief Stuart Cundy said the investigation “is also looking at other possible related crimes”.
Tracy Easton, chief prosecutor at BTP, said that “the team of prosecutors (…) worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to take the case to trial and that it is in the public interest to move forward with the criminal case”. This work was done “in close collaboration with the British Transport Police to analyze a large volume of evidence, including CCTV footage”.
“We know the devastating impact that the events on Saturday’s train had and how the incident shocked the entire country, and our thoughts are with everyone affected,” said Tracy Easton.
British Transport Police reported on Sunday morning that two men had been detained, but that on Sunday night one of them – a 35-year-old man from London – was released without charge. Police said they were not involved in the attack.
The attack, which resulted in 11 injuries, occurred when a convoy was traveling between Doncaster, northern England, and London. Passengers said a person with a knife began stabbing people on the train after it passed through Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary, the local police force, said armed officers rushed to the incident in response to a call to the scene at 7.39pm on Saturday, and headed to Huntingdon station, where the train made an emergency stop.
Authorities are not treating the incident as a terrorist attack, but as an “isolated incident.”
Eleven people were treated in hospital and four of them were later discharged. Two patients remain in serious condition, police said at a press conference on Sunday morning. One of the victims who remains in a “critical but stable condition” is an employee of the LNER railway company who detained the attacker and whose intervention police said was “truly heroic and [que]without a doubt, saved the lives of many people.”