A harrowing scene unfolded on a packed LNER Azuma train from Peterborough to London on Saturday (November 1) when a “knife-wielding maniac” began stabbing passengers at random.

Realizing they had no weapons with which to defend themselves, some passengers recounted the moment when they decided to arm themselves with the only blunt object at their disposal: a Jack Daniels bottle.

The attacker then set their sights on a young girl. Just when he was about to take her life, something unexpected and moving happened: one brave older man stepped in, risking his life, to save her.

The unnamed hero suffered deep gashes to his head and neck as he threw himself between the attacker and the terrified girl.

An older man risked his life to save a young girl after a “maniac” started randomly stabbing

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