A 17-year-old boy described today how he was slashed in the face and hand by the Huntingdon train attacker as he travelled home with friends from a theme park.
Isaiah Idris was on a Docklands Light Railway service in London when Anthony Williams drew a knife on him in front of terrified passengers, who fled screaming.
The teenager – who hid behind an adult at one point – revealed he was so shocked he didn’t realise he was injured until a woman told him and he noticed blood ‘dripping off my face’.
Williams is facing 14 charges of attempted murder during a Halloween
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