A \u201cheroic\u201d member of staff who was seriously injured after the mass stabbing onboard a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday has been praised for his \u201cincredibly brave\u201d actions to protect passengers.<\/p>\n
Samir Zitouni, 48, who has worked for London North Eastern Railway (LNER) for more than 20 years, remains in hospital following the attacks.<\/p>\n
After the incident, police officers who had reviewed CCTV footage of the incident from within the train said it was clear Zitouni\u2019s actions were \u201cnothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people\u2019s lives\u201d.<\/p>\n
He was one of 11 people treated in hospital after the attack on the moving high-speed train from Doncaster to London on Saturday evening. Anthony Williams, 32, has appeared at Peterborough magistrates court charged with 10 counts of attempted murder in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Zitouni\u2019s family said in a statement released through LNER: \u201cWe have been deeply touched by the outpouring of love and kindness shown to Sam, and by the many well wishes for his recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe care provided by the hospital and the support from his colleagues at LNER has been incredible.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are immensely proud of Sam and his courage. The police called him a hero on Saturday evening, but to us \u2013 he\u2019s always been a hero.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Horne, the managing director of LNER, said: \u201cIn a moment of crisis, Sam did not hesitate as he stepped forward to protect those around him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis actions were incredibly brave, and we are so proud of him, and of all our colleagues who acted with such courage that evening. Our thoughts and prayers remain with Sam and his family. We will continue to support them and wish him a full and speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jonathan Gjoshe. Photograph: Scunthorpe United<\/p>\n
Among the injured was Jonathan Gjoshe, a 22-year-old Scunthorpe United footballer, who was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
In a statement, his club said: \u201cEveryone at the club, from the board, management and his teammates, along with all staff behind the scenes, sends our heartfelt well wishes to Jonathan for a full recovery, which is also extended to all the victims onboard the train.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stephen Crean. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt\/PA<\/p>\n
Another of the victims has been named as Stephen Crean, 61. The Nottingham Forest football fan reportedly confronted the train attacker, going face to face with him in the carriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u201cheroic\u201d member of staff who was seriously injured after the mass stabbing onboard a train in Cambridgeshire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-548414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115491400875345163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}