Train stabbing latest: Multiple people stabbed at Huntingdon and two arrested

Eyewitnesses have said they saw wounded passengers running through the train to get away from a person with a knife.

A man holding a large knife was seen on the platform and armed police gathered and pointed their weapons at him, Sky News reported.

A witness said the man was then tasered.

Witnesses told the broadcaster they saw between six and eight people who were wounded, while another said up to 12 may have been injured.

Emergency services have not yet confirmed how many people were injured.

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.”

In a statement Paul Bristow, the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said: “I am shocked and deeply concerned by this extremely serious incident on a train which was stopped in Huntingdon this evening.

“My first thoughts are with the victims, their families, and everyone affected.

“I want to thank the emergency services, including the police, ambulance crews and critical care teams, who are responding in what appear to be distressing circumstances.

“Our community will rightly be anxious tonight, and I am seeking further information with relevant authorities as the situation becomes clearer.

“I know people across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will join me in keeping all those impacted in our thoughts.”

MP for Huntingdon Ben Obese-Jecty said he had “never seen as big a response” to an emergency incident, as he attended the scene where a train stopped after a mass stabbing on board.

“Our police responded to the incident just before 8pm this evening and they were able to neutralise the threat,” Mr Obese-Jecty told Sky News.

“Two people have been arrested, but there have been multiple stabbings. I’m not aware of the severity of those injuries or the nature or the number of them, but obviously a very serious incident, and my thoughts are with the families of those involved and the victims themselves.”

He added that the incident is “starting to clear”.

Mr Obese-Jecty said: “Emergency services (are) starting to move away from the scene, which means it’s becoming more under control, but the two arrests were made at the scene very, very shortly after the incident took place.

“So, very reassuring to see such a quick and effective response from the emergency services.

“When I first arrived here, I’ve simply never seen as big a response to an emergency incident as there were in terms of police, fire and ambulance.”

British Transport Police said the train involved was the 6.25pm service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross.

Witnesses have reported seeing a man holding a large knife and later being tasered by police.

Witnesses told Sky News police were seen pointing weapons at a man with a large knife.

He was then tasered and restrained near the train.

– Multiple people have been stabbed on a train traveling towards Huntingdon, in Cambridgeshire.

– The attack is understood to have started shortly after the LNER train left Peterborough station.

– Armed police were called at 7.39pm

– Two people have been arrested

– A number of people have been taken to hospital

– LNER has said all rail lines are blocked around Huntingdon station and advised people not to travel

– Politicians have reacted to what has been described as “horrifying scenes”

Cambridgeshire Constabulary said more than 30 officers were initially called to Huntingdon station.