'Train stab horror' and 'Devil not going to win'

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Most papers lead on the aftermath of the Saturday night stabbing attack on a train from Doncaster to London. The knifeman told police to "kill me" after leaving the train where he stabbed 11 people, the Sun reports. Passengers tell the paper he stabbed "anyone he could" in the attack, before being Tasered by police officers.

 "'The devil's not going to win'."

The attacker told a passenger that "the devil is not going to win" during the rampage, the Daily Mail reports.

 "Knife fiend spared me".

A passenger of the train tells the Daily Star that she was spared by the knifeman during the "bloodbath". The paper is one of several others to also report that the suspect shouted "the devil won't win".

 "The Devil's not going to win".

"Terror on the tracks", is the headline for the Daily Mirror, which also reports on a passenger who was spared by the attacker. He stood over Dayna Arnold, 48, carrying a blade, but carried on after she said: "Please don't kill me."

 "The devil's not going to win, train attacker told passengers".

Passengers initially thought the attack was a Halloween prank, leads the Daily Telegraph, which also reports that eyewitnesses said the scene was "like something from a film". A 32-year-old British national is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder.

 "'Heroic' rail worker in fight for life after tackling train knife attacker."

The Guardian reports a "heroic" rail worker who intervened in the attack to defend passengers is "fighting for his life". Witnesses describe to the paper a "terrifying" 14 minutes during which "bloodied stabbing victims" ran through train carriages.

 "Hero steward bravely 'saved many lives'."

The "hero" rail worker "single-handedly confronted the Huntingdon train knifeman", writes the Daily Express, which also describes the incident as "one of the UK's most shocking knife attacks".

 "'Hero' train worker who protected his passengers."

The suspected attacker was not known to counterterrorism officers or security services, though police say there is no suggestion the incident was an act of terrorism, according to the Times.

 "Police to patrol trains as suspect in custody over stabbing attack."

Extra police officers will be deployed across the rail network this week - especially at major hubs like London, Birmingham, York, Leeds and Manchester - the i Paper reports.

 "Heroic train worker fighting for life after stabbing rampage."

Forensic teams wait on the Huntingdon station platform where the train made an unscheduled emergency stop in the front page photo for the Independent.

 "City bosses fear for hiring as minimum wage catches up with graduate salaries."

The train attack features on the front page of the Financial Times, but the paper leads on concerns among city bosses that the minimum wage catching up with graduate starting salaries could negatively impact hiring. The warning comes as the chancellor is expected to announce a 4% increase to the hourly minimum wage in the Budget.

 "Scandal of risky High St baby scans."

"Risky High St baby scans" is the lead for the Metro, which reports on "unsafe" private ultrasound clinics that have sprung up in shopping centres, town centre shops and industrial estates. In one case, a blood clot was "wrongly identified as a malformed foetus", after which the mother was advised to have an induced miscarriage, even though the baby was healthy.

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