Eyewitness recalls moment of knife attack on UK train as two people fight for their lives
Callum Jones
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An eyewitness who saw a mass stabbing aboard a UK train has detailed what he saw.
Police were called to an incident at around 7.40pm UK time after reports of multiple stabbings on a train from Doncaster to London on Saturday (November 1).
Armed police, paramedics, air ambulances and transport police descended on the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service, which stopped at Huntingdon station, with two people detained, one of whom allegedly had a large knife and is understood to have been stunned with a Taser by police.
Ten victims were rushed to hospital with stab wounds, with officials initially saying nine people were being treated with life-threatening injuries.
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However, in an update issued to the public on Sunday (November 2), Supt John Loveless confirmed that four have since been discharged, though two people remain in a life-threatening condition.
A passenger on board the LNER train named Gavin told Sky News he heard someone yelling on the train 'They've got a knife. I've been stabbed'.
As the train came to a halt at Huntingdon station, Gavin recalled police shouting 'get down, get down!'.
"The armed police were pointing to the suspect as we came off the train," Gavin added. "He [the suspect] was waving quite a large knife. They detained him. I think it was a Taser that got him down in the end.
"They [passengers] were making their way through the carriage to get away from the suspects. They were extremely bloodied."
Recalling the condition of one passenger, Gavin continued: "That person ended up collapsing on the floor. They were taken to an ambulance pretty much straight away."
Loveless told the press outside Huntingdon station on Sunday that armed officers had boarded the train and arrested two suspects on suspicion of attempted murder within eight minutes of 999 calls.
Two men, a 32-year-old black British male and a 35-year-old British national of Caribbean descent, remain in police custody.
Loveless told reporters: "At this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident. At this stage, it would not be appropriate to speculate on the cause of this incident."
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described the 'appalling incident' as 'deeply concerning' once news of the attack broke last night.
"My thoughts are with all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services for their response," the PM said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.