Overview
- British Transport Police said 11 people were treated in hospital, with four discharged and two still in life-threatening condition, and no fatalities reported.
- Armed officers boarded the 6.25pm Doncaster to London King’s Cross service at Huntingdon within eight minutes of the first 999 call, with witnesses reporting a Taser was used during an arrest.
- Two UK-born men in their 30s — a 32-year-old Black British man and a 35-year-old British man of Caribbean descent — remain in custody on suspicion of attempted murder.
- Counter Terrorism Policing initially supported the inquiry, but authorities now say there is nothing to suggest a terrorist motive and BTP is leading the investigation.
- LNER and National Rail warned of major disruption on the East Coast Main Line, police maintained cordons at Huntingdon, and officers appealed for witness accounts and footage.