Overview
- British Transport Police said the attack occurred on the 6:25 p.m. Doncaster to London King’s Cross service, believed to have begun after leaving Peterborough before the train was halted at Huntingdon.
- Ten people were taken to hospital, with nine described as having life‑threatening injuries and no fatalities reported.
- Armed officers boarded at Huntingdon and detained two suspects, as a large emergency response including multiple ambulances and air ambulances treated victims.
- Police briefly declared the national “Plato” response for a marauding attack before rescinding it, and Counter Terrorism Policing is supporting inquiries into motive.
- Huntingdon station and surrounding lines remain closed with major rail disruption and local road closures, and police appealed for information quoting incident 495.