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Revision as of 11:09, 2 November 2025
Mass stabbing attack in England
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| Location | On board LNER train, north of Huntingdon railway station |
| Date | 1 November 2025 19:42 (GMT) |
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Attack type |
Multiple stabbing |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 11 (9 critically) |
| Perpetrators | Two British males, one Black and one of Caribbean descent |
On the evening of 1 November 2025, eleven people were injured, including nine in life-threatening conditions, after a multiple stabbing attack on a passenger train in Cambridgeshire, England. Two people were arrested.
Incident
British Transport Police responded to a 999 call, received at 19:42 GMT, in which it was reported a number of people had been stabbed aboard train 1Y90, the 18:25 London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross.[1] The train involved was Class 800 Azuma number 800111, a high speed electric multiple unit formed of nine carriages.[2] The train departed Peterborough on time at 19:30, and the attack started shortly afterwards.[3][4] The next intended stop for this service was Stevenage at 19:58, but the train was instead halted at Huntingdon railway station after the emergency brake was activated. The train stopped in platform 2 at Huntingdon at 19:44.[2]
Thirty officers from Cambridgeshire Constabulary attended the incident alongside officers from British Transport Police. Huntingdon station was closed to the public, all trains in the surrounding area were brought to a halt and armed officers were deployed to the scene. Ten people were taken to hospital for treatment, and another person later self-presented with injuries.[1] Nine of the injured were believed to have had life threatening injuries, out of which four have been discharged as of 2 November 2025.[1][5][6][7] Two people were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder within eight minutes of the first 999 call being made. These were a 32-year-old Black British male and a 35-year-old male British national of Caribbean descent; both were born in the United Kingdom.[1]
According to eyewitnesses, one of the attackers was armed with a large knife and indiscriminately assaulted passengers on board, causing panic and injuries; several witnesses reported seeing people fleeing through the aisle covered in blood, and one victim being stabbed before collapsing.[8]
A witness said a man holding a large knife was tasered and restrained by police.[9][10] The police investigation continues with the help of counterterrorism police to find out the circumstances and motivation for the attack.[3]
