Armed police have arrested two males after a number of folks had been stabbed on a practice in Cambridgeshire on Saturday night.
British Transport Police confirmed they had been known as to an LNER service at round 19:39 after reviews of stabbings on board a northbound practice travelling between Stevenage and Peterborough. The practice was stopped at Huntingdon station, the place armed officers detained two suspects. Cambridgeshire Constabulary stated a number of victims had been taken to hospital. No particulars have but been launched in regards to the variety of folks injured or the extent of their wounds.
Police stated the A1307 was closed close to the city centre as emergency companies continued to reply. Huntingdon station has additionally been shut, with Nationwide Rail confirming that every one traces stay blocked whereas investigations proceed.
A spokesperson for LNER urged passengers to not journey, warning of “main disruption throughout the route”. The operator added that companies would stay suspended between Stevenage and Peterborough till police lifted restrictions.
Eddie Dempsey, basic secretary of the RMT transport union, stated he was “deeply involved to listen to reviews of a number of folks stabbed onboard an LNER practice tonight” and provided solidarity to the victims and rail workers concerned.
Politicians throughout events described the occasions as “horrifying”. Conservative Occasion chairman Kevin Hollinrake wrote that his ideas had been “with the victims and the emergency companies responding to this incident”, whereas Shadow House Secretary Chris Philp known as it “a brutal mass assault” and urged police and ministers to supply updates as quickly as attainable.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayor Paul Bristow known as the incident “horrendous” and stated his ideas had been with these affected.
Rail disruption has unfold past the East Coast Principal Line, with delays and cancellations reported on a number of routes together with Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, and Nice Northern companies. Police haven’t but disclosed any motive. Each arrested males stay in custody as British Transport Police and Cambridgeshire officers proceed their joint investigation.