A 32-year-old British man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder over a knife attack on a train, an incident that British police say is not considered terrorism-related.
Eleven people were injured in the mass stabbing on the train on Saturday evening local time, including a member of the train crew who is in a critical but stable condition in hospital. That person was injured when he tried to prevent the suspect from stabbing others.
The attack on a London-bound train, which then stopped at Huntingdon, about 80 miles (130 km) north of London, shocked the country and prompted statements from Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles, who expressed their condolences to those affected.
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said 32-year-old Anthony Williams was charged Monday with 11 counts of attempted murder, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and two counts of possessing a bladed article.
Ten of the attempted murder charges were related to the train attack, British Transport Police said, while the 11th charge related to an incident at an east London station earlier the same day.
Williams, from Peterborough in eastern England, will appear at the Peterborough Magistrates Court later on Monday, they said, adding that the charges were laid after examining CCTV footage from the train, among other things.
Transport Minister Heidi Alexander confirmed on Monday that the man was not known to the security services. She declined to comment on whether he was known to the mental health community.
Five of the injured had been released from hospital late on Sunday.
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