EASTENDERS fans are speculating over who attacked Cindy Beale after a BBC promotional image hinted at the killer’s identity.
However, many EastEnders viewers believe that someone else could take the fall for the shocking incident.
The BBC soap aired two explosive festive specials on Christmas Day as Cindy and Junior’s affair was exposed.
In the Queen Vic as the recording of Cindy admitting everything played ruining the festivities, she was humiliated.
With Ian literally throwing her out of his house and into the freezing, snowy conditions Cindy booked a cab out of Walford.
However, while she was waiting, an unknown attacker smacked her over the head with a shovel.
The character – played by Michelle Collins – now in an induced coma after having emergency surgery on her brain.
The police are interviewing everyone on in Albert Square to find out who tried to murder her.
Fans are convinced they have sussed out the killer, after the BBC released a photo of the suspects.
There are nine suspects in the frame including Ian Beale, Peter Beale, Lauren Branning, Kathy Beale, Junior Knight, George Knight, Anna Knight, Gina Knight and Elaine Knight.
However, newcomer Kojo Asura is not in the featured image and fans are wondering why when he has the biggest motive.
Viewers know that Cindy made Kojo lie about her affair with her stepson Junior and threatened him with deportation if he told anyone.
She also caused his accident when he fell from a high balcony and ended up in hospital.
Viewers believe Kojo may have tried to get revenge on Cindy.
On Boxing Day, George asked Kojo to lie to the police and be each other’s alibi when they are questioned by the police about Cindy’s attack.
George said he was at the boxing gym when Cindy was attacked – but where was Kojo?
The Sun’s Soaps Editor Carl Greenwood runs down the suspects in the big EastEnders whodunnit
Anna Knight
Shall we just rule Anna out straight away?
The woman’s barely got enough about her to kill a fly, so the chances of her finally becoming worthy of being Cindy Beale’s daughter and bashing her over the head with a shovel are slim to none.
But she was watching out of the Queen Vic window so she may well know who did attack her mother.
Gina Knight
Fiery, recovering drug addict Gina is a good shout for shovel-ing her mother this Christmas.
She’s got the boxing skills of George and the temper of Cindy – so she definitely has the ability and will to take her mother down.
And she was seen sneaking out of the Vic just before Cindy was attacked.
Peter Beale
This Peter is a bit of a drip – he’s more Anna, than Gina, shall we say.
It’s hard to imagine him being able to pick up a shovel without mummy’s approval.
But having said that he was seen drowning his sorrows in tears shortly before the attack, so maybe he finally embraced his mum’s side?
Lauren Branning
Never before has a character failed to learn from her past mistakes more than Lauren.
Except Cindy obviously who appears doomed to repeat the affair cycle until the day she dies.
But Lauren’s ability to ruin Christmas is unrivalled – and it provoked explosive drama.
And it left her with a bag of pills in the car lot having lost her relationship, her family and her son – and it’s all Cindy’s fault.
So could Lauren be the one responsible?
Ian Beale
For a man whose Christmases have included the time he was nearly murdered by his wife with a killer carbonara, you’d think he’d have quite low threshold for bad days but this was something else.
Humiliated in public by a recording of Cindy saying he couldn’t satisfy her so much so she was sleeping with her former stepson, Ian didn’t have a happy Christmas.
He threw a drink over and then punched Junior, before rejecting Cindy and throwing her out onto the streets.
Last seen smashing up his own living room and storming out into the Square, he was certainly in the mood for killing Cindy.
But could he? Really?
Kathy Beale
There’s been no love lost between Kathy and Cindy since they both returned from the dead and a full-on brawl is well overdue.
But after everything that happened last Christmas, would Kathy really want to go through that again?
It’s a miracle she managed to get back into the Vic.
Elaine Peacock
The Queen Vic landlady’s scheme to get rid of Cindy once and for all backfired quite spectacularly.
She began Christmas Day convinced she was about to be rid of Cindy forever – but ended it single and alone.
Hearing George rage about Junior taking what was his pushed her over the edge and she kicked George out.
But did it push her enough to grab a shovel and try to kill Cindy?
George Knight
Cindy cost him everything.
He’s now homeless, job-less and son-less after Cindy’s affair was exposed and as a former professional boxer he’s capable of explosive rage.
He was seen working out his emotions on a punching bag, but maybe it didn’t work and maybe he needed Cindy to pay for what she’d done?
Junior Knight
The spurned lover, unwanted son, humiliated man… things aren’t looking good for Junior.
He fell for Cindy, hook, line and sinker, and worse, he fell for her lies.
Last seen trying to call Cindy after everything went down – did he want to find her to kill her or to seduce her again?
George then pulled out his hidden white shirt he wore on Christmas Day, which had blood stains on it.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, one fan wrote: “Okay we think we’ve cracked it – George saw Kojo attacked Cindy and went over (hence blood on his shirt) and then walked away to make it look like he found her when Kathy walked over, so really George is protecting Kojo and being Kojo’s alibi!.. perhaps?”
Another added: “Realistically I don’t see it being any of the Beale’s. They just wouldn’t do that after everything that happened with Lucy. That being said, when Lucy died, it wasn’t one of the actual suspects. So I’m going with Kojo.”
A third penned: “Anyone else feel like George is only making Kojo lie to protect Kojo himself as he was the one who did it?!”
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm on BBC One and is available to watch from 7am on BBC iPlayer.
