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Barking dog saved its owner from the knifeman accused of trying to murder ten people on a Huntingdon train, a jury hears

Anthony Williams, whose attack on train worker Samir Zitouni — who fought back with a frying pan — left the employee with two punctured lungs and needing four blood transfusions, prosecutors told Cambridge Crown Court.
Anthony Williams, whose attack on train worker Samir Zitouni — who fought back with a frying pan — left the employee with two punctured lungs and needing four blood transfusions, prosecutors told Cambridge Crown Court.

Anthony Williams, 33, of Peterborough, is on trial at Cambridge Crown Court accused of attempting to murder ten people aboard the Doncaster to London King's Cross LNER service on 1 November 2025, as well as three people in Peterborough the day before and a boy at a London railway station. Passenger Raza Aslam told police Williams had "the greatest delight on his face" and "loved seeing us in desperation" as he stabbed his way through the carriages. Train worker Samir Zitouni, whose shirt was soaked in blood, used a frying pan against Williams and told him "we love you, we can help you" before suffering two punctured lungs and needing four blood transfusions.

Williams is not denying he carried out the attacks — jurors must decide whether he intended to kill.

After the train halted unexpectedly at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Zitouni fell into the gap between the carriage and the platform edge.

Prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC described Williams's attack on Zitouni as "prolonged, persistent and brutal."

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