Roads in region severely disrupted as local emergency services deal with aftermath of the stabbings; a man with a large knife is believed to have been shot by an officer with a taser shock-gun after a bloody rampage on the train after it left nearby Peterborough station
Emergency personnel inspect a train at Huntingdon, England, on Saturday. PIC/AP/PTI
Ten people have been injured in a stabbing attack on a train in the UK, which has been declared a “major incident” and led to counter-terrorism police joining the investigation on Sunday. Nine of those injured are said to have suffered life-threatening injuries in the attack on Saturday night, when armed police stormed the train at Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, to make two arrests.
A man with a large knife is believed to have been shot by an officer with a taser shock-gun after a bloody rampage on the train after it left nearby Peterborough station. “Ten people have been taken to hospital following a multiple stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire,” the British Transport Police (BTP) said in a statement on Sunday. “Nine are believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries. A major incident has been declared and Counter-Terrorism Policing are supporting our investigation.”
The London-bound high-speed train had been travelling between Doncaster and was headed to King’s Cross station in the UK capital. Roads leading into the town of Huntingdon and London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), which operates the rail network in the region, have been severely disrupted while emergency services deal with the aftermath of the stabbings. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the incident and urged people to follow police advice.
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