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| Ticket inspector stabbed on C2C train from Southend to London | Ticket inspector stabbed on C2C train from Southend to London |
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| A ticket inspector has been stabbed on a C2C train travelling from Essex into London, prompting an investigation by British Transport Police (BTP). | A ticket inspector has been stabbed on a C2C train travelling from Essex into London, prompting an investigation by British Transport Police (BTP). |
| The attack at East Tilbury happened on the 20:20 Southend Victoria to London Fenchurch Street service on Friday. | The attack at East Tilbury happened on the 20:20 Southend Victoria to London Fenchurch Street service on Friday. |
| BTP said the inspector had asked two men without tickets, aged about 18, to leave the train. They got off, but one returned and stabbed him in the back. | BTP said the inspector had asked two men without tickets, aged about 18, to leave the train. They got off, but one returned and stabbed him in the back. |
| The inspector was said to be in a comfortable condition in hospital. | The inspector was said to be in a comfortable condition in hospital. |
| Officers are now looking through CCTV images and are appealing to any passengers on the train who witnessed anything to contact them. | Officers are now looking through CCTV images and are appealing to any passengers on the train who witnessed anything to contact them. |
| 'Severely punished' | |
| One of the suspects wore a black hooded top and the second a grey flat cap and grey top. | One of the suspects wore a black hooded top and the second a grey flat cap and grey top. |
| The police force said there had been four ticket inspectors on the service at the time of the stabbing and that they worked in pairs. | The police force said there had been four ticket inspectors on the service at the time of the stabbing and that they worked in pairs. |
| Bob Crow, general secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport union representing many railway workers, said anyone with any information should contact police urgently. | |
| "Once again it shows the dangers that transport staff face every day and particularly over the Christmas and new year period. | |
| "The perpetrators of this vicious and cowardly assault must be caught and the authorities need to show that those who attack public service workers will be severely punished," he said. |