A total of 10 people were taken to hospital on Saturday night, with two of them remaining in critical condition, following a stabbing rampage on board an LNER train. Two suspects have been arrested, and rail services in the region remain heavily disrupted on Sunday.
Huntingdon Train Stabbing – latest updates
Shortly after leaving Peterborough, the barbaric chaos unfolded. Those on-board the King’s Cross bound service were subject to unimaginable horror, with some describing the ‘blood-soaked seats’ and ‘abject panic’. It’s understood passengers surged to the front of the train to avoid the rampage.
The train then made an unscheduled stop in Huntingdon, around 10-15 minutes after the stabbings began. A co-ordinated response, involving armed police, paramedics, air ambulances, and transport police, then swarmed the train as terrified passengers scrambled their way to the platform.
Police to share more details on Sunday
In a statement shared by the British Transport Police on Sunday morning, it was revealed that the two men taken into custody include a 32-year-old Black British male, and 35-year-old male of Caribbean descent. They both face charges of attempted murder.
The horrific ordeal has been recounted by several eyewitnesses, one of which is Olly Foster. He spoke to the BBC in the aftermath of the incident, and claimed several people ahead of him had been ‘severely stabbed’. He also detailed an act of heroism from an as-yet unnamed passenger.
Huntingdon Hero lauded by eyewitness
According to Foster, a ‘distraught’ young girl was targeted in the frenzy, but attempts to stab her were thwarted by ‘an older man’. He explained that the brave citizen ‘took a gash to the forehead and neck’ by getting in between the attacker and the girl.
“There was blood on the top of countless chairs, coming from two of the guys who had been severely stabbed ahead of me. A young girl was distraught as the attacker tried to stab her, but a hero of an older man got in the way taking a gash on his forehead and I think another on his neck.” | Olly Foster