AdvertisementCrimeWorldEuropeUK police arrest 2 after ‘multiple people’ stabbed on train near Cambridge
A witness described seeing a man with a large knife and said there was ‘blood everywhere’ as people hid in the washrooms.
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UK police said they had arrested two suspects Saturday as “a number of people” were taken to hospital and a “large-scale” emergency response was mobilised after a stabbing on a train near Cambridge in eastern England.
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“We are currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have been stabbed,” British Transport Police said on social media, adding that “two people have been arrested”.
Cambridgeshire police said: “A number of people have been taken to hospital.”
A witness described seeing a man with a large knife and told The Times newspaper there was “blood everywhere” as people hid in the washrooms.
Some passengers were getting “stamped [on] by others” as they tried to run, and the witness told The Times they “heard some people shouting we love [you]”.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the “appalling” incident was “deeply concerning”.
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