<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>British police said “multiple people” have been stabbed on a train near Cambridge and that two individuals have been arrested in connection with the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>British Transport Police said on X that officers are “currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have been stabbed.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cambridgeshire Constabulary, the local police force, said armed police attended after officers were called to the scene at Huntingdon station at 7:39pm local time on Saturday.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/women-killed-nsw-hunter-region/39a1f30b-4527-4a32-9ee8-8d5eb4581367" target="_blank" title="Man charged with murder after woman found dead in Hunter Valley home"><strong><span>Man charged with murder after woman found dead in Hunter Valley home</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="tweet" data-tweet-id="1984743058856869942" data-user="9NewsAUS"></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two people were arrested at the station, which is around 120km north of London.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paul Bristow, the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said in a post on X that he had heard of reports of “horrendous scenes” on the train.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the incident "deeply concerning."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/british-police-say-multiple-people-were-stabbed-on-a-train-near-cambridge-and-2-individuals-arrested/0f8497e4-a984-4b4f-b94f-875fe955340d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My thoughts are with all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services for their response. Anyone in the area should follow the advice of the police," he said on X.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>East of England Ambulance Service confirmed multiple people have been transported to hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she was "deeply saddened to hear about the stabbings," and that her "thoughts go out to all those affected."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Two suspects have been immediately arrested and taken into custody," she said in a post on X.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mahmood said she is receiving regular updates on the investigation and urged people to avoid "speculation at this early stage" as to what was behind the stabbings.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The East Coast Main Line is one of the UK's busiest and most important railway routes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It connects major cities, running from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverly in Scotland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The rail company that operates trains on the East Coast Mainline, London North Eastern Railway (LNER), put out a statement on X.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are experiencing major disruption across the LNER route," the train company said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Emergency services are dealing with an incident at Huntingdon station; all lines are blocked," LNER added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our advice is 'Do Not Travel'. 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