Man stabbed in London by attacker 'threatening Muslims'
A 38-year-old man stabbed a man who was in forties at a London suburban train station.
London, Dec 12: A man was stabbed at a London suburban train station today by an attacker said by eyewitnesses to have shouted that he wanted to kill Muslims.
Police said they had arrested a 38-year-old man following the attack on a train which left the victim, who is in his forties, in serious condition in hospital. An eyewitness, 36-year-old Miguel Oliveira, told the Press Association news agency that he came face-to-face with the attacker, who was "shouting uncontrollably".
"He was walking towards me and he was shouting stuff like 'Death to Muslims' and 'Go back to Syria'," he said. British Transport Police said it had received reports that a man had been assaulted on a train at Forest Hill station in southeast London at 1:18pm (1318 GMT).
"The
man,
who
is
in
his
forties,
was
taken
to
hospital
with
injuries
consistent
with
having
been
stabbed.
He
remains
in
hospital
in
a
serious,
but
not
life
threatening,
condition," it
said
in
a
statement.
"A
38-year-old
man
from
London
was
arrested
at
the
scene
on
suspicion
of
assault
occasioning
grievous
bodily
harm.
He
remains
in
police
custody.
"The
circumstances
are
being
investigated
but
the
incident
is
not
being
treated
as
terrorism-related
at
this
time."
PTI