Maia Davies & Harry Sekulich<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Passengers travelling from Doncaster to London have been attacked in a mass stabbing on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Ten people were injured and taken to hospital. Nine of them are believed to have life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n Witnesses reported that police used a Taser on one man who was holding a knife. Two people were arrested.<\/p>\n Counter-terror police have joined the investigation. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the attack was “appalling” and “deeply concerning”.<\/p>\n Here is what we know so far about what happened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The attack took place on the 18:25 GMT London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service from Doncaster to London’s King Cross station on Saturday.<\/p>\n Passengers said at least one person brandishing a knife began stabbing people on the train after it passed through Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.<\/p>\n Police received calls from passengers on board the train at around 19:40, alerting them to the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The train made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon – which is some 15 minutes from Peterborough by train.<\/p>\n Armed police then boarded the train and arrested two people, whose identities are not yet known. <\/p>\n A large emergency service response was also sent to the scene, including air ambulances.<\/p>\n Altogether, the incident was estimated to last roughly 10 to 15 minutes.<\/p>\n The uninjured passengers were interviewed by police and some boarded a coach bound for London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Emergency crews took 10 people to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, nine of whom are believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police.<\/p>\n Their identities are not yet known.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Witnesses told the BBC of panic and confusion as passengers ran through the carriages, some wounded and bloodied.<\/p>\n Olly Foster said he heard people shouting “run, there’s a guy stabbing literally everyone and everything” – and thought at first it might have been a Halloween-type prank.<\/p>\n He saw an older man with gashes on his head and neck after he “blocked” the attacker from stabbing a younger girl. Passengers then used their jackets to try to staunch the bleeding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Another witness, Wren Chambers, said one person had been stabbed in the arm and bolted down the train to alert others – while another shouted “someone’s got a knife”.<\/p>\n Some passengers hid inside the toilets while others swarmed towards the front of the train.<\/p>\n London Underground worker Dean McFarlane said he saw multiple people running down the platform at Huntingdon <\/b>bleeding, with one man in a white shirt “completely covered in blood”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n British Transport Police (BTP) has declared a major incident and counter-terrorism officers are supporting the investigation “to establish the full circumstances and motivation for this incident”.<\/p>\n Ch Supt Chris Casey said: “We’re conducting urgent enquiries to establish what has happened, and it could take some time before we are in a position to confirm anything further. <\/p>\n “At this early stage it would not be appropriate to speculate on the causes of the incident.”<\/p>\n The force said it had at one point declared “Plato” – the national code word used by emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack” – but later rescinded it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the “appalling incident on a train near Huntingdon is deeply concerning”.<\/p>\n He wrote on X: “My thoughts are with all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services for their response.”<\/p>\n Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was receiving regular updates on the investigation and urged people to “avoid comment and speculation at this early stage”.<\/p>\n Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she was “deeply disturbed by the reports emerging from Huntingdon”.<\/p>\n “This is an absolutely horrific attack and my thoughts are with all those affected including the emergency responders at the scene.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhere did the stabbings happen?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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