Emergency personnel examine a prepare on the Huntingdon, England, prepare station in Cambridgeshire after folks have been stabbed Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.
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LONDON (AP) — British police mentioned 10 folks have been hospitalized, 9 with life-threatening accidents, following a mass stabbing assault on a London-bound prepare Saturday night, and that counter-terrorism police are supporting the investigation.
In an announcement early Sunday, British Transport Police, which took the lead within the response on condition that it’s liable for safety issues on trains, mentioned two people have been arrested in reference to the stabbings.
“Ten folks have been taken to hospital with 9 believed to have suffered life-threatening accidents,” the assertion mentioned. “This has been declared a serious incident and Counter Terrorism Policing are supporting our investigation while we work to ascertain the complete circumstances and motivation for this incident.”
The police pressure additionally mentioned that “Plato,” the nationwide code phrase utilized by police and emergency providers when responding to what might be a “marauding terror assault,” was initiated. That declaration was later rescinded however no motive for the assault was disclosed.
“We’re conducting pressing enquiries to ascertain what has occurred, and it might take a while earlier than we’re ready to substantiate something additional,” Chief Superintendent Chris Casey mentioned. “At this early stage it could not be acceptable to take a position on the causes of the incident.”
The assault happened because the Doncaster to London King’s Cross prepare headed south towards Huntingdon, a market city a number of miles northwest of the college metropolis of Cambridge.
Emergency providers, together with armed police and air ambulances, responded rapidly because the prepare drew into Huntingdon. The assault seems to have been contained swiftly after the prepare arrived on the station, and cops sporting forensic fits, with a police canine, might be seen on the platform.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary, the native police pressure, mentioned armed police attended the incident after officers have been referred to as to the scene at Huntingdon station at 7:39 p.m. on Saturday. It added that the 2 folks have been arrested on the station, which is round 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of London.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned his “ideas are with all these affected” after the “appalling incident.”
Paul Bristow, the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, mentioned he had heard of “horrendous scenes” on the prepare.
London North Jap Railway, or LNER, which operates the East Coast Mainline providers within the U.Okay., confirmed the incident had occurred on one among its trains and urged passengers to not journey due to “main disruption.”
