A number of individuals stabbed on prepare in England, 2 arrested

[ad_1] Two individuals have been arrested after a lot of individuals have been stabbed on a passenger prepare in Cambridgeshire, England, on Saturday, police mentioned.

Officers from British Transport Police (BTP) have been on the scene within the city of Huntingdon.

“We're presently responding to an incident on a prepare to Huntingdon the place a number of individuals have been stabbed,” BTP mentioned in a publish on social media.

Huntingdon station is closed following the incident.

The Cambridgeshire Police mentioned they'd deployed armed officers to Huntingdon station.

In a press release on X, the police mentioned they have been referred to as at 7.39 p.m. (3.39 p.m. ET) with experiences that a number of individuals had been stabbed on a prepare.

“Various individuals have been taken to hospital,” the police added.

Cambridgeshire Police mentioned the incident was nonetheless ongoing and urged the general public to report any info they should colleagues at BTP who're main the investigation.

The rail firm that operates trains on the East Coast Mainline, London North Japanese Railway (LNER), mentioned in a press release on X that it was “experiencing main disruption throughout the LNER route.”

“Emergency providers are coping with an incident at Huntingdon station; all strains are blocked,” LNER added.

“Our recommendation is ‘Do Not Journey’. Please defer your journey the place you possibly can,” the corporate mentioned.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer referred to as the incident “deeply regarding.”

“My ideas are with all these affected, and my thanks go to the emergency providers for his or her response. Anybody within the space ought to comply with the recommendation of the police,” he mentioned on X.

British House Secretary Shabana Mahmood mentioned she was “deeply saddened to listen to concerning the stabbings,” and that her “ideas exit to all these affected.”

“Two suspects have been instantly arrested and brought into custody,” she mentioned in a publish on X.

Mahmood mentioned she is receiving common updates on the investigation and urged individuals to keep away from “hypothesis at this early stage” as to what was behind the stabbings.

The East Coast Fundamental Line is likely one of the UK’s busiest and most necessary railway routes. It connects main cities, working from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverly in Scotland.