Ten people were taken to hospital after a series of stabbings on a train near Cambridgeshire, police said.
British police have arrested two suspects after a stabbing on a train near Cambridgeshire in eastern England sent at least 10 people to hospital.
British Transport Police said in a statement on the X early on Sunday that at least nine of the victims were “believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries”.
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The government declared it a “serious incident” and said counterterrorism police were currently assisting with the investigation.
It added that two people have been arrested so far in the attack.
Cambridgeshire Police issued a separate statement saying they were called at 19:39 GMT on Saturday to reports of multiple people being stabbed on a train.
Police said: “Armed officers attended and the train stopped at Huntingdon, where two men were arrested.”
The East of England Ambulance Service announced earlier in the evening that it had mobilized a large-scale response to Huntingdon station, including a number of ambulances and a critical care team including three air ambulances.
“We can confirm that multiple patients were transported to the hospital.”
One witness said he saw a man with a large knife and told the Times there was “blood everywhere” as people hid in washrooms.
Some passengers were “stamped by others” as they tried to escape, and a witness told the Times that “I could hear some people shouting I love you.”
Another witness told Sky News that one of the suspects was shot with a Taser by police.
The horrific incident on a train near Huntingdon is deeply worrying.
We would like to express our thoughts to all those affected and our gratitude to the emergency services who responded.
Anyone in the area should follow police advice.
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) November 1, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the incident as “appalling” and said he was “deeply” concerned.
In a statement on X, Mr Starmer said: “My thoughts are with everyone affected and I would like to thank the emergency services who responded.”
“Anyone in the area should follow police advice,” Starmer added.
London North Eastern Railway (LNER), which operates Britain’s east coast main line, confirmed the accident occurred on one of its trains and announced that all rail lines were closed while emergency services responded to the incident at Huntingdon station.
LNER, which operates trains along eastern England and Scotland, warned of “massive disruption” and urged passengers not to travel.
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He added: “Our thoughts are with everyone affected.”
Knife crime in England and Wales has been steadily increasing since 2011, according to official government data.
Britain has some of the strictest gun laws in the world, but the knife crime epidemic has been branded a “national crisis” by Mr Starmer.
His Labor government is trying to curb its use.
The Home Office announced on Wednesday that around 60,000 knives had been “seized or surrendered” in England and Wales as part of the government’s bid to halve knife crime within 10 years.
Possessing a knife in public can already lead to a prison sentence of up to four years, and the government said knife murders had fallen by 18% last year.
A series of stabbings at a Manchester synagogue in early October left two people dead (one injured by police firing an errant shot), an attack that shocked the local Jewish community and the entire country.
