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Nine people suffering life-threatening injuries after train stabbing in Cambridgeshire, police say

Police have arrested two people and counter-terrorism police are also involved in an investigation into the mass stabbing on a train from Doncaster to London’s Kings Cross on Saturday

The Guardian - UK

Huntingdon stabbings LIVE: British national, 32, now sole suspect in train knife attack as police praise ‘hero’ train worker

Passengers forced to hide in a toilet during rampage on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Evening Standard

Two arrested after multiple people stabbed on train, police say

British Transport Police said they were responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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Police hunt woman who pushed man onto tracks at London station

The victim was taken to hospital, where he was treated for a broken shoulder blade, collar bone, ribs and nose, as well as cuts to his legs

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Migrant sex attacker jailed after brave Tube passengers stopped him fleeing Central line train

Muslih Alotaibi, 39, surrounded by furious male commuters between Oxford Circus and Mile End

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Suspect arrested after TikTok user 'scares lone women on Tube'

Videos have been circulating online of the ‘distressing incidents’

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Asylum seeker released in error spotted in London area, police say

An asylum seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre. Kebatu, an Ethiopian national, was last seen in the London area after boarding a train from Chelmsford, prompting an…

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Hadush Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police issue update after mistakenly released sex offender ‘takes trains across London’

Metropolitan Police make direct appeal to Hadush Kebatu to hand himself in

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Relatives of Rhiannon Whyte vow to stay strong as a tribute to her memory

The hotel worker’s family say they have endured ‘hell on earth’ and that no sentence handed to her killer will ever equate to their loss.

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker found guilty of stabbing migrant hotel worker to death with screwdriver

The trial heard Majek had been reported to security at the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall, where he lived and Rhiannon worked

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Murderer lied to jury about his age and claimed DNA evidence was untrue

Deng Chol Majek, who came to the UK after Germany refused his asylum bid, told jurors CCTV images of him showed a different man in identical clothing.

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker convicted of murdering hotel worker in ‘cowardly’ station stabbing

Deng Chol Majek, originally from Sudan, had been in the UK for less than three months when he attacked Rhiannon Whyte at a deserted railway station.

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Jury out on asylum seeker accused of stabbing hotel worker to death at station

Deng Chol Majek is accused of attacking Rhiannon Whyte at Bescot Stadium station in Walsall.

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Asylum seeker accused of murder tells jury he ‘never had a problem with anyone’

Deng Chol Majek claims he was at his hotel in Walsall when Rhiannon Whyte was attacked at a nearby railway station.

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Asylum seeker accused of killing hotel worker silent in police interview – court

Deng Chol Majek denies murdering Rhiannon Skye Whyte who was stabbed at a railway station in October last year.

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Travel chaos on London trains after cable theft at railway junction

The incident is being investigated by British Transport Police and is expected to cause disruptions on Sunday

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Asylum hotel murder trial shown video of suspect buying alcohol and dancing

A mobile phone clip shown to jurors trying Deng Majek is alleged to show him dancing to music in a car park – in sight of emergency service crews.

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Asylum seeker seen drinking in car park after hotel worker’s murder, court told

Deng Majek is alleged to have been spotted chatting and listening to music outside Walsall’s Park Inn hotel after Rhiannon Skye Whyte was stabbed.

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Evening Standard

Witness describes ‘terrified’ screams of hotel worker ‘stabbed by asylum seeker’

A close friend of Rhiannon Skye Whyte heard three screams and then silence at the time she was fatally stabbed, a jury has heard.

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Gay senior police officer slams ‘vile’ ableist and homophobic attack on comedian Rosie Jones

Ch Supt Chris Casey says ‘utterly abhorrent’ hate-filled intimidation and violence will not be tolerated on transport network

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Asylum seeker was ‘staring spookily’ at hotel worker on day of fatal stabbing

Witnesses said Deng Chol Majek intimidated three female staff members and appeared to be ‘planning something’ at Walsall’s Park Inn hotel.

Evening Standard

Full list of police-recorded hate crime offences, by force

Most forces saw an increase in the number of hate crimes recorded in the 12 months to March 2025.

The Independent UK

British Transport Police officer convicted after putting teenage girl in a headlock

Pc Adrian Young, 48, was convicted following a trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court

The Guardian - UK

Police officer who put girl in headlock found guilty of assault

Adrian Young, of British Transport Police, restrained 15-year-old at a train station in Camden, north London

Evening Standard

Watch: Police find two huge machetes during search of boys stopped for ‘ticket issue’ at Euston

Teenagers aged 15 and 16 appear before Bromley Magistrates Court after large knives found ‘when youths stopped on Tube’

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