British police say “multiple people” have been stabbed on a train near Cambridge and that two people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
British Transport Police said on X that its officers responded to the incident on a train to Huntingdon “where multiple people have been stabbed,” while the East of England Ambulance Service confirmed that it had mobilised a large-scale response and that “multiple patients” were hospitalised.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary, the local police force, said armed police attended after officers were called to the scene at Huntingdon station at 7.39pm on Saturday (local time). The two people were arrested at the station, which is around 120km north of London.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on X that his “thoughts are with all those affected” after the “appalling incident”.
Paul Bristow, the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said in a post on X that he had heard of reports of “horrendous scenes” on the train.
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