Cambridgeshire train attack: what we know so far

Nine people have been left with life-threatening injuries after a mass stabbing on a train travelling from Doncaster to London King’s Cross on Saturday. A tenth person suffered non life-threatening injuries. Counter-terrorism police are involved in the investigation. A man with a large knife is believed to have been shot with a Taser by police after the attack on a high speed train after it left Peterborough station in Cambridgeshire. British Transport Police (BTP) said two people have been arrested over the stabbings which happened on the 6.25pm train service. Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer described the attack as “deeply concerning”. BTP said a major incident was declared, and at one point declared “Plato”, the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack”, before the latter declaration was subsequently rescinded. Witnesses have spoken of seeing a man with a large knife and passengers hiding in the toilets to escape the rampage, The Times reported. One told the paper there was “blood everywhere” and people were getting “stamped” on by others as they tried to flee. Interactive Images from the scene and from social media showed scores of blue-light police cars and emergency vehicles in a station car park, and a team of armed police running towards the stationary train at Huntingdon station. Officers wearing forensic suits, with a police dog, could be seen on the platform. The attack is understood to have started shortly after the LNER train left Peterborough station. Ch Supt Chris Casey said: “This is a shocking incident and first and foremost my thoughts are with those who have been injured this evening and their families … At this early stage it would not be appropriate to speculate on the causes of the incident.” MP for Huntingdon Ben Obese-Jecty called the incident “appalling and devastating”. London North Eastern Railway, which operates East Coast Mainline services in the UK, said disruption to services in the area was expected to last until Monday, with passengers advised to defer their travel where possible. What we don’t yet know: the identity of the victims, and the identity of the arrested suspects.With Press Association