Passenger feared Huntingdon train attacker was suicide bomber, court hears

A passenger on a train where a mass stabbing took place said he initially thought there might have been a suicide bomber, a court has heard. Milan Campion was travelling on a London-bound LNER service on 1 November last year when it made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon during an attack by Anthony Williams . He said Williams was "threatening everyone indiscriminately" so he "came to the conclusion that he wasn't sound of mind".

The 33-year-old, of Peterborough, denies 10 counts of attempted murder on the train. He is also charged with four other attempted murders following earlier incidents in Peterborough and London. In a video interview played to jurors on Monday, Campion said he got on the train at Grantham, and many of the passengers had been to the Nottingham Forest v Manchester United match.

The court heard how Campion, who is not one of those Williams is accused of trying to kill, opened a toilet door to find Williams inside. He said later he heard people shout "there's a guy with a knife" and there was a "big chain of us running down the aisle".