Nine people suffering life-threatening injuries after train stabbing in Cambridgeshire, police say

 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  

 

 

 

Nine people were being treated for life-threatening injuries after a series of stabbings on a train near Cambridge in eastern England on Saturday, and two men were arrested in what prime minister Keir Starmer called an “appalling incident”.

British Transport Police said counterterrorism police were supporting its investigation while it works to establish the full circumstances and motivation for the incident.

The police force also said that “Plato,” the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to what could be a “marauding terror attack,” was initiated. That declaration was later rescinded and no motive for the attack was disclosed. 

 

 

“We’re conducting urgent enquiries to establish what has happened, and it could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything further,” British Transport Police (BTP) chief superintendent Chris Casey said. “At this early stage it would not be appropriate to speculate on the causes of the incident.”

Cambridgeshire constabulary said armed police attended after officers were called to the scene at Huntingdon station at 7.39pm on Saturday.

“Armed officers attended and the train was stopped at Huntingdon, where two men were arrested,” the police said.

The East of England ambulance service has deployed a “large-scale response” to the incident. A spokesperson said numerous ambulances, tactical commanders and its hazardous area response team were at the scene, adding: “We can confirm we have transported multiple patients to hospital.” 

 

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