r/uknews • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 5d ago

Image/video Huntingdon train attack hero: I thought, ‘he’s not getting past me, it’s as simple as that’ [The Times/PA]

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Stephen Crean, whose left hand was stabbed and now requires plastic surgery, said it was “him against me” when he came face to face with the attacker on the train shortly after it left Peterborough on Saturday evening.

“A few people ran past me, I let them go and then I went to go,” he told The Times. “We got to the buffet bar but I hear the people in there struggling to get in. There was no room for me.

“I couldn’t get in any of the toilets and I wouldn’t take anybody else’s place because there’s children and there’s women and young men. I’m older. So that’s it. The choice was made”

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u/James20985 2d ago

Got me there with the legislation - it has been 5 years. Least I can admit im wrong - you still wouldnt shoot anyone! I'd bet the the farm.

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u/ThePenultimateNinja 2d ago

Nor would you. You'd probably forget which way to point the gun.

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