Overview
- British Transport Police and Cambridgeshire officers stopped the train at Huntingdon around 7:39 p.m. and detained two men on the platform.
- The East of England Ambulance Service said multiple patients were transported to hospital after a large-scale response that included air ambulances.
- National Rail closed Huntingdon station with all lines blocked, and LNER issued a “do not travel” advisory across its route.
- The attack reportedly began shortly after the train left Peterborough at about 7:30 p.m., with the first emergency call made minutes later.
- Witnesses described a man with a large knife, passengers fleeing and hiding, and one said a suspect was subdued with a Taser.