Posted by Police have arrested two people and counter-terrorism police are also involved in an investigation into the mass stabbing on a train from Doncaster to London’s Kings Cross on Saturday
Counter-terrorism police have joined an investigation into a mass stabbing on a train, which left nine people with life-threatening injuries.
The train was stopped at Huntingdon station, in Cambridgeshire, after police were called at around 7.40pm on Saturday.
A man with a large knife is believed to have been shot with a Taser by police after going on a bloody rampage on the high-speed train after it left nearby Peterborough station.
Mass stabbing on train from Doncaster to King’s Cross – as it happened
British Transport Police said two people had been arrested and in total, 10 people – nine with life-threatening injuries – had been taken to hospital.
Armed police, paramedics, air ambulances, and transport police were deployed to the train, which had been travelling between Doncaster and London King’s Cross.
Witnesses told Sky News the stabbings started around 10 minutes after the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service left Peterborough and passengers sounded the emergency alarm.
Some told of people trampling over each other, and some hiding in the toilets to escape. One told Sky News he saw one of the attackers being Tasered by police before being arrested.
Police declared the situation a “major incident” and say counter-terrorism police are now supporting the investigation.
At one point, “Plato” was declared – the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack” – before it was subsequently rescinded.
‘A big response’
Speaking to Sky News at the scene, Mr Obese-Jecty said: “When I first arrived here, I’ve simply never seen as big a response to an emergency incident as there was in terms of police, fire and ambulance.”
On Sunday morning, Mr Obese-Jecty spoke again about the “rapid, incredible response” and praised the “brave officers who came to try and neutralise that threat”.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said on X: “Horrific scenes in Huntingdon, in what seems to be a brutal mass attack by two perpetrators.
“My thoughts are with all those injured or affected and the emergency services responding.”
Tory party chairman Kevin Hollinrake also described the scenes as “horrifying”.
“My thoughts are with the victims and the emergency services responding to this incident,” he wrote on X.
David Horne, managing director of LNER, said the company is “deeply shocked and saddened”.
National Rail says some train routes to and from London King’s Cross on LNER, Great Northern and Thameslink services face disruption on Sunday.
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