Credited from: AA
On Saturday evening, multiple passengers were stabbed on a train near Cambridge, prompting a large emergency response and the arrest of two suspects. British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed they were responding to a serious incident on a train bound for Huntingdon, where numerous victims were reported, resulting in many individuals being taken to hospital, according to AA and CBS News.
The stabbings, which occurred around 7:39 PM GMT, saw armed police deployed immediately at Huntingdon station, where the attacks took place. Eyewitness accounts described panic among passengers, with one witness recalling "blood everywhere" and the chaos as people tried to escape to safety. The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Paul Bristow, noted "horrendous scenes" during the incident, as reported by India Times and Reuters.
The East of England Ambulance Service reported a "large-scale response," including air ambulances, indicating the severity of the injuries. The London North Eastern Railway (LNER) announced that all train services through Huntingdon were halted to facilitate emergency operations and warned of significant travel disruptions. "We can confirm we have transported multiple patients to hospital," the ambulance service stated, according to Channel News Asia and South China Morning Post.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the event as an "appalling incident" and expressed concern for the victims and gratitude to emergency responders. This incident is indicative of a rising concern about knife crime in the UK, which has been termed a "national crisis" amid an increase in such offenses, as noted by Le Monde and Al Jazeera.