{"id":29953,"date":"2025-11-02T05:26:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T10:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29953"},"modified":"2025-11-02T05:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T10:26:33","slug":"two-arrested-and-nine-with-life-threatening-injuries-after-train-stabbing-at-huntingdon-station-in-cambridgeshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/11\/02\/two-arrested-and-nine-with-life-threatening-injuries-after-train-stabbing-at-huntingdon-station-in-cambridgeshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Two arrested and Nine with life-threatening injuries after train stabbing at Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Counter-terrorism police have joined an investigation into a mass stabbing on a train, which left nine people with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

The train was stopped at Huntingdon station, in Cambridgeshire, after officers received the first 999 call at 7.39pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Train stabbing latest:\u00a0Terror threat level unchanged despite attack<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

British Transport Police said two people have been arrested and in total, 10 people – nine with life-threatening injuries – had been taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

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Emergency crews spilled out onto the tracks. (Image: PA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Police erected a cordon outside the station. (Image: PA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Armed police, paramedics, air ambulances, and transport police were deployed to the train – the 6.25pm London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service between Doncaster and London King’s Cross.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told Sky News the stabbings started around nine minutes after the train left Peterborough and passengers sounded the emergency alarm.<\/p>\n

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The train, where the stabbing happened, could still be seen at Huntingdon station on Sunday morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Police still at the scene on Sunday<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Some told of people trampling over each other, and some hiding in the toilets to escape.<\/p>\n

One told Sky News he saw one of the attackers being Tasered by police before being arrested.<\/p>\n

Police declared the situation a “major incident” and said counter-terrorism police are now supporting the investigation.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said it was an “appalling incident” and was “deeply concerning”.<\/p>\n

“My thoughts are with all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services for their response,” he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

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Officers wearing forensic suits, and a police dog, were seen at the station. (Image: PA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Armed police, paramedics, air ambulances, and transport police were at the scene of the attack in minutes. (Image: PA)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was “deeply saddened” by the incident and urged the public to “avoid comment and speculation at this early stage”.<\/p>\n

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said on X: “Horrific scenes in Huntingdon, in what seems to be a brutal mass attack by two perpetrators.<\/p>\n

“My thoughts are with all those injured or affected and the emergency services responding.”<\/p>\n

‘Shocked and frightened’ passengers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defence Secretary John Healey spoke to Sky News on\u00a0Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and said he took the same train route just hours before last night’s attack.<\/p>\n

“It’s the service I use every week to get home to Rotherham, so I can’t begin to imagine how shocked and frightened those passengers were.”<\/p>\n

Asked by Phillips if the attack has changed the UK’s terror threat level, he says no and that it remains “substantial” – meaning an attack is considered “likely”.<\/p>\n

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