Overview
- Armed officers stopped the 6:25 pm LNER service at Huntingdon, where two men were detained on the platform.
- British Transport Police say ten victims were taken to hospital, nine with life-threatening injuries, and no deaths have been confirmed.
- A large emergency response deployed ambulances, Hazardous Area Response Teams and air ambulances, and Huntingdon station and all lines were closed.
- Investigators have not established a motive, and a national “Plato” alert was invoked then later rescinded during the response.
- LNER warns of major disruption across the route, and police urge witnesses to provide information to Cambridgeshire Constabulary quoting incident 495.