Counterterrorism police investigating after 10 wounded in UK train stabbing attack

CNN Counterterrorism police are probing a stabbing attack on a train in England which left people wounded the bulk of them with life-threatening injuries British Transit Police revealed late Saturday that the attack had been declared a major circumstance and that Counter Terrorism Policing are supporting our analysis Two people have been arrested over the attack near the Cambridgeshire town of Huntingdon Ten people have been taken to hospital with nine considered to have suffered life-threatening injuries One is being treated for non life-threatening injuries There have been no fatalities a police announcement commented Police were called at at p m to a record of the attack on the facility from the northern city of Doncaster to London s King s Cross Bystanders described seeing a man with a large knife Armed officers were deployed to Huntingdon station where the train made an unplanned stop and the two people were arrested police revealed An eyewitness who was traveling on the train revealed he saw an extremely bloodied victim The man who gave his name as Gavin informed Sky News he thought he saw a suspect tasered before he was arrested He revealed police shouted Get down get down as they got closer to him He then was waving a knife quite a large knife and then they detained him the eyewitness mentioned I think it was a Taser that got him down in the end he mentioned Video shared on social media of the immediate aftermath of the event exhibited dozens of police and crisis vehicles with flashing blue lights gathered outside Huntingdon station In one video armed officers were seen sprinting down a platform at the station toward the front end of a stationary train British Transfer Police Chief Superintendent Chris Casey called it a shocking affair and commented his thoughts were with those injured and their families We re conducting urgent enquiries to establish what has happened and it could take particular time before we are in a position to confirm anything further he noted At this early stage it would not be appropriate to speculate on the causes of the affair Emergency first responders commented they had mobilized a large-scale response to the stabbing attack including sending several air ambulances In a report on X the East of England Ambulance Provision reported it had sent numerous ambulances tactical commanders our Hazardous Area Response Squad and critical care teams from several regional jurisdictions British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the case deeply concerning My thoughts are with all those affected and my thanks go to the crisis services for their response Anyone in the area should follow the advice of the police he revealed on X Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced she was deeply saddened to hear about the stabbings and that her thoughts go out to all those affected Mahmood mentioned she is receiving regular updates on the inspection and urged people to avoid speculation at this early stage as to what was behind the stabbings The rail company that operates trains on the East Coast Main Line London North Eastern Railway LNER revealed that it was experiencing major disruption across the LNER course The East Coast Main Line is one of the UK s busiest and the bulk key railway routes It connects major cities running from London King s Cross to Edinburgh Waverly in Scotland Our advice is Do Not Passage Please defer your expedition where you can LNER mentioned This is a advancing story and will be updated The-CNN-Wire Cable News Framework Inc a Warner Bros Discovery Company All rights reserved