Scunthorpe United have confirmed defender Jonathan Gjoshe is recovering from the non-life-threatening injuries he sustained during Saturday night’s train attack.
The National League club told the BBC that the player was slashed across the bicep and had to undergo an operation in hosptial.
‘Scunthorpe United can confirm registered player Jonathan Gjoshe was one of the victims affected by the shocking attack on an LNER train bound for London on Saturday evening,’ a statement on the club’s official website read.
‘We can confirm that Jonathan sustained non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the attack, but currently remains in hospital.
‘Due to the ongoing investigations taking place, we are currently unable to update further.
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‘Everyone 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 on board the train.’
Anthony Williams, 32, meanwhile, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with 10 counts of attempted murder.
He is also charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of possession of a bladed article.
An LNER staff member is in a critical but stable condition in hospital following the stabbings on the high-speed service, while four other people remain in hospital.
Separately, Williams is charged with one count of attempted murder and possession of a bladed article over an incident at Pontoon Dock DLR station in London in the early hours of Saturday, where a victim suffered facial injuries after being attacked with a knife.
He allegedly used a ‘large kitchen knife’ in both attacks, according to court documents.
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Williams appeared in the dock in handcuffs with four security officers alongside him, and spoke softly to confirm his name, age and address.
He was not asked to enter pleas and when asked his address mumbled “no fixed abode”.
It is understood he is not known to the security services or counter-terrorism policing, and had not been referred to the Government anti-extremism scheme Prevent.
Opposing bail for Williams, prosecutor Olaide Esan told the hearing: ‘The defendant has attempted to murder 11 people in total.
‘These are serious allegations. These are very serious offences.
‘The defendant is a risk to the trains and to the members of the public.’