Murdered passenger, 51, was stabbed to death in front of his 14-year-old son on train from Guildford to London
The attacker is thought to have got off the train fled into the surrounding Clandon area thebritishherald
A knifeman is on the run after a 51-year-old man was stabbed to death on board a train to London in front of his teenage son.
Police said the 51-year-old victim, who has not been named, boarded South Western Railways train with his 14-year-old son when he received ‘multiple stab wounds’ to his body in a ‘horrific’ attack.
The suspect, who police think was not known to the victim, is described as a black man in his twenties to thirties, is approximately 6ft tall, with a slim build and beard, dressed all in black with white trainers.
Earlier shocked witnesses said the man was knifed following a scuffle with another passenger who then fled into the surrounding Clandon area – just one stop into the Surrey to London journey.
One woman passenger, who asked not to be named, said: ‘There was a lot of blood everywhere in the carriage. I don’t think the poor chap stood a chance.
‘The police who were here first started to give him CPR but it was apparently too late to save him and he died while the train was in the station.’
Other passengers said how the ticket inspector and driver leaped into action to desperately try and save the man before emergency services arrived.
British Transport Police Superintendent Paul Langley said in a statement: ‘Tragically as a result of this stabbing, a man believed to be 51-years-old, was pronounced dead on board the train.
‘Early indications suggest he received multiple stab wounds to his body.
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