Huntingdon train attack passengers thought stabbing was a 'joke'

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• Published4 November 2026, 11:54 GMT

Some train passengers initially remained sitting down and thought a man was joking after he told people "I've been stabbed, run", a court has heard.

Anthony Williams stabbed 10 people on the train which made an unscheduled stop in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on 1 November last year.

Cambridge Crown Court heard the first person who was stabbed, Jonathan Gjoshe, later asked hospital staff "am I going to die today?".