The chilling six-word threat made by the suspected train knifeman during his violent 14-minute rampage has been revealed.
The bloody stabbing spree took place on a high-speed LNER train as it departed Peterborough station on Saturday, leaving 11 people requiring hospital treatment.
Witnesses likened the scenes on the train to “something from a film” as seats were left covered in blood.
And one passenger has come forward to reveal what the suspected attacker said as carnage ensued.
He is reported to have said “the devil is not going to win” as he launched the frenzied attack.
The bloody stabbing spree took place on a high-speed LNER train as it departed Peterborough station
Passenger Dayna Arnold, 48, told The Telegraph that she saw the attacker approach her while wielding the blade.
She told the newspaper: “I said: ‘Please, please don’t’.
“Then something changed in his eyes and he said: ‘The devil’s not going to win’.”
Another eyewitness, known as Steve, told the BBC: “As soon as we heard something was amiss, we grabbed everything in our bags and said we’re moving down the train, we are going to get to the opposite end.
“They [his children] were very brave and they really looked after each other. They are obviously very shaken up but they were very brave about it.
A 32-year-old black British national is in police custody on suspicion of attempted murder
“It was just unnerving not knowing what was happening… knowing you were in a box and couldn’t get out of it if you wanted to.
“A lot of people were crying; one of the girls we were with had blood on her coat from when someone had tried to get past, to get away, who had been stabbed so there was a lot of upset and a lot of people were scared about what happened.”
We need to bring back hanging for terrorist and murder offences. At least we won’t be spending taxpayers money to keep them in the luxury of prison. Forget the leftists who babble on about “wrong verdicts”, these happen, but nowadays, modern policing methods will ensure confidence in the decision to charge a suspect.