- Ten people were injured in the mass stabbing on a London-bound train on Saturday evening
- An eyewitness described seeing a man with a large knife and said there was blood everywhere
- Police arrested two British nationals following the incident
Ten people were injured following a mass stabbing on a London-bound train on Saturday evening, with the police arresting two suspects. Of the injured, nine have "life-threatening injuries."
The British Transport Police confirmed that the train was running from Doncaster in the northeast to London's King's Cross Station, a busy route often packed with travellers. The mass stabbing happened shortly after the train left the Peterborough station at 7.30 pm local time.
READ: 10 Stabbed On London-Bound Train, 2 Suspects Arrested
UK police on Sunday said that two British nationals on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident. But one of them was released later. A 32-year-old Black British national is "now being treated as the only suspect," police said.
British Transport Police (BTP) Superintendent John Loveless told reporters the attack was not being treated as a "terrorist incident" at this stage.
"There Was Blood Everywhere"
One of the eyewitnesses described seeing a man with a large knife and said there was "blood everywhere."
Speaking with The Times, the eyewitness said that people hid in lavatories to escape, and some were getting stamped on by others as they tried to run.
"I heard some people shouting, 'We love you'," the eyewitness added.
Another eyewitness told Sky News that he saw a victim moving down the carriage saying, "They have got a knife; I have been stabbed," the eyewitness added.
A third witness told the BBC that he intially heard people shouting, "run, run, there's a guy literally stabbing everyone." The man intially thought that it might have been a night-after-Halloween prank.
PM Starmer Calls Stabbing "Appalling Incident"
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called Saturday's mass stabbing an appalling incident.
"My thoughts are with all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services for their response," Starmer said in a post on X. "Anyone in the area should follow the advice of the police," he added.
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