Stabbing in a train in Huntingdon

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm2zvjx1z14t

2 arrested. I can't imagine how awful this was for the victims

It definitely doesn't take forty minutes, around ten. It's only 45 minutes from Peterborough to London (on the non stopping train).

Google is factoring in the current closure.

There was a witness on Sky News who has said that the men who were stabbing people on the train were black.

I think they will (and need to - we are becoming so polarised).

I think once the budget is out of the way there will be changes.

I dont know what but we cant continue like this.

I am a regular commuter (tube and overground) this is one of my worst fears.

What the actual fuck are you talking about?

Firstly, they are not called LABOUR, they are called THE GOVERNMENT and will be your government for the next four years, because that's how democracy works, however much you cry about it. Labour won, it's about time you got over it.

Secondly, there has been no official statement.

Thirdly, why are so many on here trying to maximise the incident and spread misinformation?

It’s not on either the Sky or BBC websites. Did the witness say black or wearing black?

I appreciate that it's normal to feel nervous after any scary incident - it was the leap to needing to have a guard dog or "bear arms" as a response that seemed an unusual response.

I wasn't asking for a thesis, I'm not stupid, I was specifically asking that poster why THEY used it.

I have to admit that the possibility of attacks has occasionally crossed my mind when on a train, even more recently. There are so often people acting strangely (usually just trying to get money tbf) and obviously no security to go through to board trains.

Two arrested at the scene

Whatever happened it doesn’t appear to be a random attack

must have been terrifying

What information are you expect to have just hours after the incident. Police released a statement at 11pm. Everything else is just speculation.

There are approximately 1.6 billion passenger rail journeys a year in the UK, most of which suffer nothing beyond delays and this (obviously appalling) incident has left you feeling that to travel by train is immensely dangerous?

I am anxious about terrorist attacks in London as there have been a fair few. Sometimes I don't give it a 2nd thought but other times I think what happened if one happened here where I am now. It was really hard getting the tube the next day after 7/7 & I was only evacuated off the tube so no involvement.

Yeah, loads of anxiety. London is fucking packed every day on trains and tubes and absolutely thriving.

Thank goodness there are no fatalities. But life threatening injuries is dreadful.

It was on Sky News - they showed it after their hourly update. Its also all over social media - have a look on Twitter, you'll find it there no doubt. He said they were black men. He witness them getting off the train along with him and other passengers and them being arrested by armed police.

I felt a lot more worried about it in the 2010s with the two London Bridge attacks and Westminster attacks.

@Swiftasthewind Don't be ridiculous.

Ten people are in hospital. They know who stabbed them. Do you imagine they will all keep quiet if the police lie. And whitewashing is the fastest way to deliver a reform govt.

The only way for the police to deal with this is with transparency & professionalism. If this is a terrorist act it needs dealing with as such. The same for mental health. Only when the facts are known can provision be made to prevent it happening again.

One thing, it strengthens the argument for staff on trains.

Exactly - there were several terrorist attacks in 2017. I remember wondering what on earth was going on and if it would ever stop.

I felt more worried in the 70's and 80's with IRA attacks, but I was younger then and less able to rationalise the stuff I was hearing on the news.

Edit to add, I lived in London then too, I don't now, but I'm fairly close to Huntingdon and used to live even closer and commute from there to London.

They have stabbed about 10 people, 2 deaths so far unfortunately.

Where did you read there are two deaths?

Ah, thank you.

Why are you so desperate to know? it'll all come out eventually.

I didn't say it turns them into criminals I said that they were war criminals before they started their journey.
An evil man who has raped and murdered in one country is more likely to repeat that behaviour wherever he ends up. I don't want them to end up here.

Why are people focusing on race again? More male violence. It’s always men.

Look up the word "proportion" . Oh dear.

BS? The stabbing of 3 people in a street resulting in the death of a poor innocent man who tried to intervene. 22 year old asylum seeker arrested, barely made the mainstream news when it happened (I think it was about 8th on the list on sky news).

I travelled by train just after (a train coming from London) and yes it did make me worry. Thats the state of the UK today. No it didn’t stop me getting on as im not going to hide at home (in a safe area) and not give my children a nice half term trip, but the constant stabbings do make me worry about public transport (even where we are). I can imagine there will be alot of very anxious people in areas not like ours this week. Are they allowed to be anxious after what has just happened?