Nine people suffered life-threatening injuries after an attack on a UK train last night (November 1).
The incident, which is being investigated by counter-terrorism police, took place on a train after it left Peterborough station in Cambridgeshire for London, as ten people were rushed to hospital.
A man with a large knife is believed to have been shot with a Taser by police after going on a bloody rampage on a high speed train.
British Transport Police (BTP) said two people have been arrested over the stabbings which happened on the 6.25pm train service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross on Saturday.
British Transport Police said: “We can confirm that at 7.42pm today (1 November) British Transport Police were called to reports of a multiple stabbing on board the 6.25pm train service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross.
“Officers immediately attended Huntingdon station alongside paramedics.
“Armed police from Cambridgeshire Police boarded the train and arrested two people in connection to the incident who have been taken to police custody.
“Ten people have been taken to hospital with nine believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries. One is being treated for non life-threatening injuries. There have been no fatalities.
“This has been declared a major incident and Counter Terrorism Policing are supporting our investigation whilst we work to establish the full circumstances and motivation for this incident.”
A man who was travelling on the train has said he saw an “extremely bloodied” victim and that he believes a suspect was tasered.
The eyewitness, called Gavin, told Sky News: “I was in coach G, and there was quite a few people coming through coach G, and one of the people that were coming through, I heard them say: ‘They’ve got a knife, I’ve been stabbed’.
“They were making their way through the carriage to get away from the incident, from the suspect. They were extremely bloodied. That person ended up when we pulled in, they were basically on the floor. We couldn’t progress further down the train away from the suspect, because that person ended up collapsing on the floor.”
He said passengers were then escorted off the train onto the platform at Huntingdon.
“The armed police were pointing to the suspect as we come off the train,” he said.
“I asked what that suspect looked like? They said, it’s a black male in all black, so black hoodie. And essentially, as they got closer to him, started shouting, like, get down. Get down.
“He then was waving a knife, quite a large knife, and then they detained him. I think it was a taser that got him down in the end. But I only saw one person at that point.”
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