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Two Arrested After Mass Stabbing on Doncaster–King’s Cross Train as Terror Link Discounted

Police report no sign of terrorism, focusing on motive.

Overview

  • Eleven passengers were injured during the Saturday evening attack on an LNER service crossing Cambridgeshire toward London, with the alarm raised at 19:42.
  • Hospitals say two victims remain in critical condition after four of the initially admitted patients were discharged.
  • The train was diverted to Huntingdon station, where officers used a Taser to subdue one suspect and arrested two men, aged 32 and 35, within eight minutes of the first 999 call.
  • An antiterror code named Pluto was briefly activated and then withdrawn, and investigators say nothing currently suggests a terrorist motive.
  • The suspects are being held on suspicion of multiple counts of attempted murder as Superintendent John Loveless leads inquiries into motive and urges the public not to speculate.