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Two Arrested After LNER Train Stabbings as Terror Link Ruled Out

Investigators report two victims in critical condition after the train was halted at Huntingdon.

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.