British police said today that a knife attack on a train was not being treated as a terrorist incident and that two British citizens had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, Reuters reported.
Police official John Loveless told the media that of the nine people who suffered life-threatening injuries on Saturday, four have been released from the hospital, while two still have life-threatening injuries.
Reuters reported earlier today that nine people suffered life-threatening injuries after a series of stabbings on a train near Cambridge, eastern England, on Saturday, and that two men had been arrested in what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called a "horrific incident."
The BBC previously reported that ten people are in hospital, nine of whom have life-threatening injuries.
British Defense Secretary John Healy said earlier that early indications suggest it was an "isolated attack," Reuters reported.
"Initial assessments are that this was an isolated incident, an isolated attack," Healy told Sky News.
British Transport Police said counter-terrorism police were assisting with the investigation as the full circumstances and motive of the attack were established.
"We are carrying out urgent investigations to establish what happened, and it could take some time before we are able to confirm anything further. "At this early stage it would not be appropriate to speculate on the causes of the incident," said Transport Police Chief Superintendent Chris Casey.
Cambridgeshire Police said they were called at 19:39 GMT (20:30 CET) to reports of multiple people being stabbed on the 18:25 train from Doncaster, in northern England, to London's King's Cross station.
The train was stopped in Huntingdon, and footage posted on social media shows armed police officers entering the train.
"Armed officers responded and the train was stopped in Huntington, where two men were arrested," police said.
An eyewitness told Sky News that one of the suspects, who was brandishing a large knife, was subdued by police with a taser.
A witness told the BBC they saw a man with a bloody hand running down a carriage shouting "they have a knife" - another witness says police targeted a man on the platform with a taser.
East of England Ambulance Service said it had sent a large number of crews to Huntingdon railway station, including numerous ambulance and emergency care teams, including three ambulance helicopters.
Starmer announced on Platform X that the incident was "deeply concerning".
"My thoughts are with all those affected, and I owe my gratitude to the emergency services for their response," he wrote.
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