Overview
- British Transport Police confirmed 11 people were injured in total, with 10 taken to hospital and one self-presenting; five have been discharged and two remain in a life‑threatening condition.
- A railway staff member was critically injured after confronting the attacker, with police describing his actions as heroic.
- A 32-year-old Black British man remains in custody on suspicion of attempted murder, while a 35-year-old British man initially detained has been released without charge.
- The attack began shortly after the 6.25pm Doncaster–London King’s Cross service left Peterborough, and the train made an emergency stop at Huntingdon where armed officers boarded within eight minutes of the first 999 call.
- Counter Terrorism Policing initially supported the response and the Plato protocol was briefly invoked before being stood down; Huntingdon remained a crime scene as services faced disruption and police appealed for witnesses via text 61016 quoting reference 663 of 01/11/25.