Two Arrested After Stabbing on Train to Huntingdon Disrupts Service

Multiple people were stabbed on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on Saturday evening, and two men were arrested after armed officers stopped the service at Huntingdon station, police said. The first emergency call came at 7.39pm, and casualties were taken to hospital; their conditions have not been disclosed.

British Transport Police said they were responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon in which multiple people had been stabbed. Officers from the transport force attended alongside Cambridgeshire Police, and two people were arrested after the train was stopped at the station, a Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said. The force confirmed the arrest of two men and that a number of people had been taken to hospital.

Huntingdon station and the rail lines serving it were closed as officers and emergency services worked at the scene. London North Eastern Railway, which operates services on the route, advised passengers not to travel and warned of major disruption across the LNER network, saying all lines through Huntingdon were blocked and delays were expected until the end of the day. National Rail also listed Huntingdon as closed while the response continued, and...