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rescinded and no motive for the attack was disclosed.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.”
