Police in Cambridgeshire are linking the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in Peterborough to two other knife-related incidents in the city, and believe all three may be connected to the suspect in the Huntingdon train attacks. Officers say the teenager was stabbed in the city centre, while separate reports involved a man with a knife near a barbers in Fletton on Friday and again on Saturday.

Anthony Williams, 32, has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder, one count of actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article following the stabbings on the LNER service to London King’s Cross on Saturday evening. He also faces an additional count of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article relating to an incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in east London earlier that same day.

Cambridgeshire Police have confirmed they are examining the local incidents alongside the train attack to determine whether they are connected. A spokesperson said they are aware of “three incidents; one man with a knife at a barbers in Fletton on Friday, another on Saturday again by the barbers in Fletton and a third where a 14-year-old was stabbed by a man with a knife in the city centre.”

Williams appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday wearing a grey tracksuit and handcuffs, flanked by four security officers. He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Cambridge Crown Court on December 1.

Five victims from the Huntingdon train attack have now been discharged from hospital, while a “heroic” railway worker remains in a life-threatening condition. A 35-year-old man from London who was initially arrested at the scene has been released with no further action, and British Transport Police have confirmed terrorism has been ruled out as a motive.

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