Ten people were wounded in a stabbing attack on a train in Cambridgeshire, England, on Saturday by two suspects who brutally set upon terrified passengers with huge knives — and anti-terror investigators are probing the incident, according to reports.
Nine of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries in the attack, which was carried out by the two unidentified suspects on a LNER train as it left a train station in Peterborough on the way to London, Sky News reported.
The two men dressed in all-black were tasered, restrained, and taken into custody by police, according to that report.
Authorities have not announced a motive for the horrifying stabbing spree but England’s Counter Terrorism Police are involved in the investigation, British Transport Police announced. Reports said the cops used the term code “Plato” for the incident, which is used for in the UK for an apparent “marauding terror attack.”
A mad rush commenced in the train during the attack, sending bloodied riders rushing to avoid further carnage.
“They were making their way through the carriage to get away from the suspects. They were extremely bloodied,” a man using the name Gavin told Sky News.
That witness stated he saw one of the attackers on the platform with a “quite a large knife.”
“The suspect had also come off the train as well. So while we were being told to come out of the station the suspect was obviously running rampant,” Gavin told Sky News.
Video posted to social media showed a massive emergency response to the Huntingdon Station with dozens of police and ambulances swarming the scene.
“We are currently responding to an incident on a train in Huntingdon where multiple people have been stabbed,” the British Transport Police wrote on X Saturday.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer lamented the bloodshed and offered condolences in a social media post. He did not say anything about the identity of the attackers for their motive.
“The appalling incident on a train near Huntingdon is deeply concerning. My thought are with those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services for their response,” the British leader said on X.
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