Are Knife Attacks Actually Increasing?

Is Britain becoming a country of mass violence?

On Saturday evening, a Doncaster to London train was forced to stop in Huntingdon after eleven people were injured in a stabbing spree. 

Anthony Williams, a 32 year-old British national, was charged on Monday with multiple counts of attempted murder.

Oli Dugmore is joined by Anoosh Chakelian and Rachel Cunliffe.

Read: Knife crime is creeping into Middle England

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