Passengers aboard a moving train bound for Huntingdon faced terror Saturday night when attackers unleashed a brutal knife assault, wounding at least 10 people.
British Transport Police rushed to the scene after receiving emergency calls. Responders evacuated victims and transported them to nearby hospitals for urgent care. Medical officials described nine patients in critical condition.
Authorities detained two suspects linked to the rampage. Investigators continue probing motives behind the violence.
Wren Chambers, who was on the train when the attack happened, told the BBC she initially “heard some screaming and shouting” coming from a carriage or two down.
“A minute or so later a man… was running down with a very clear wound, bleeding quite badly on his arm. And I thought it was like some sort of Halloween prank at first. But then he’s shouting that someone’s got a knife, he was stabbed,” she said.
After seeing more people running down the train, Chambers grabbed her bag and coat. “I got up and moved forward down the train after them, trying to get far down the train as they can.”
Another witness who was traveling on the train said he saw an “extremely bloodied” victim. The man, who gave his name as Gavin, told Sky News he believed he saw a suspect tasered before he was arrested.
He said 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 said.
“I think it was a Taser that got him down in the end,” he said.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the outrage on X, posting: “Horrific attack on innocent travelers demands swift justice.”
Train services halted temporarily while crews secured the area. Commuters reported chaos as screams echoed through carriages during the late-hour journey.
