Overview
- Police say ten people were taken to hospital after a knife attack on the Doncaster–London King’s Cross service that was halted at Huntingdon around 19:40.
- British Transport Police declared a major incident and confirmed two arrests, while identities and a possible motive have not been released.
- Officers from Cambridgeshire and BTP responded with a large emergency deployment, and a witness reported a suspect was subdued with a Taser on the platform.
- Eyewitnesses described a man with a large knife, passengers sheltering in train toilets, and carriages spattered with blood during 10–15 minutes of chaos.
- LNER warned of major disruption across the route and issued a Do Not Travel advisory, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged the public to follow police guidance.