{"id":118110,"date":"2025-11-02T19:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T19:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/118110\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T19:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T19:02:11","slug":"one-man-remains-in-custody-after-mass-stabbing-on-train-in-england-police-say-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/118110\/","title":{"rendered":"One man remains in custody after mass stabbing on train in England, police say \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

One man is in custody after multiple stabbings on a high-speed train in the UK<\/a> that left two people with life-threatening injuries, police have said.<\/p>\n

A 32-year-old black British national has been arrested, British Transport Police (BTP) said, after the incident on Saturday night after which 11 people were treated in hospital. Another man, a 35-year-old Briton of Caribbean descent, who was also arrested was released without charge on Sunday, with police saying they had established he was not involved in the attack. <\/p>\n

Police said there was nothing to suggest it was a terrorist incident and have asked the public to come forward with any more information.<\/p>\n

The man being held, after brandishing a large knife, is believed to have been shot with a Taser by police at Huntingdon train station in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.<\/p>\n

\"ForensicForensic investigators at Huntingdon train station in England on Sunday. Photograph: Joe Giddens\/PA Wire <\/p>\n

BTP declared a major incident and initially said two people had been arrested after the train, the 6.25pm service from Peterborough to London King\u2019s Cross in central London, was diverted and made an emergency stop at Huntingdon.<\/p>\n

Supt John Loveless told reporters at the scene in Huntingdon on Sunday: \u201cAt approximately 7.42pm yesterday evening, there were calls to the police service in relation to multiple stabbings which took place on-board a train service.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOfficers immediately attended Huntington station alongside paramedics, where armed police officers from Cambridgeshire police boarded the train and arrested two people within eight minutes of the 999 call being made.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo men were brought into police custody, where they remain this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eleven people had been treated in hospital and two remained in a life-threatening condition, while four people had been discharged, Supt Loveless said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTen people were taken to hospital by ambulance and another person self-presented later that evening. While nine were believed initially to have life-threatening injuries, following assessment and treatment, four, thankful to say, have been discharged. However, two patients remain in a life-threatening condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

UK prime minister Keir Starmer<\/a> called it an \u201cappalling incident\u201d which was \u201cdeeply concerning\u201d, while King Charles<\/a> said he was \u201ctruly appalled and shocked\u201d.<\/p>\n

The LNER train left Doncaster in South Yorkshire at 6.25pm. About an hour later, witnesses described scenes of panic on the train as bloodied passengers began to run through carriages warning others of the attack.<\/p>\n

Olly Foster said he was in coach H when a man ran past warning passengers of a man \u201cstabbing everyone, everything\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first I thought: \u2018Is it a joke, it\u2019s Halloween, are they pranking?\u2019 But you could see in their faces that this was serious,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Foster said that as he moved through the train, he saw patches of blood on seats and a man who had been slashed in the head and neck while protecting a young woman from an attack. <\/p>\n

Police said they received the first distress calls at 7.39pm and the train was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Huntingdon at 7.50pm.<\/p>\n

Dozens of ambulances and police officers were waiting at platform 2 for the wounded and to apprehend the suspects, witnesses said.<\/p>\n

UK defence secretary, John Healey, said there was \u201cno reason for the rest of us not to get on with our lives\u201d, as he described the early assessment of the mass stabbing as an \u201cisolated attack\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"AA forensic investigator records evidence from inside the train at Huntingdon station on Sunday. Photograph: Leon Neal\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

Viorel Turturica (42) a taxi driver who captured footage of a man\u2019s arrest, told the Daily Mail that, shortly before, he was shouting \u201ckill me, kill me, kill me\u201d to the officers.<\/p>\n

Mr Turturica said: \u201cI had arrived at the station pickup point at 7.41pm and was waiting for a passenger. As soon as I see the passenger a few minutes later, I then see everybody running out of the station.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s home secretary Shabana Mahmood paid tribute to the bravery of staff and passengers on the train and confirmed the attack was not being treated as terrorism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe now know this attack is not being treated as terrorism, and that two British-born, British nationals have been arrested. The investigation is ongoing, and I am receiving regular updates from the police,\u201d Ms Mahmood said. \u2013 Guardian\/Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One man is in custody after multiple stabbings on a high-speed train in the UK that left two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,1194,7428,43,40,38,41,39,303],"class_list":{"0":"post-118110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-keir-starmer","10":"tag-king-charles","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}