MP praises 'incredible bravery' of police officers following 'tragic and shocking' mass stabbing

A man with a large knife is believed to have been shot with a Taser by police after going on a bloody rampage on a high speed train after it left Peterborough station in Cambridgeshire on Saturday evening.

British Transport Police (BTP) said two people have been arrested over the stabbings which happened on the 6.25pm train service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross.

Police said there have been no fatalities so far from the attacks which Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described as “deeply concerning”.

A 10th person suffered non life-threatening injuries.

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Mr Obese-Jecty told LBC's Matthew Wright: "The train itself wasn’t supposed to stop at Huntingdon - it was en route from Peterborough to, I believe, Stevenage, but it stopped here because that was the first station the driver was able to bring the train into and people disembarked and local police and armed police were able to stop the attacker.

"Credit to Cambridgeshire Constabulary - I met with the chief constable late last night and he reassured me around some of the way the response took place - the first officers on the scene were actually local response officers - the type you might see on a local Saturday night and armed police followed after - but incredible bravery from those officers for dealing with this situation."

BTP said a major incident was declared, and at one point declared “Plato”, the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack”, before the latter declaration was subsequently rescinded.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary had only trained for an Operation Plato incident last week.

Mr Obese-Jecty added that it is "vital" to clarify information regarding the attacker and motives to prevent speculation and misinformation from spreading online.

He said: "I think it is important to clarify exactly who the attacker was and what their motives were for launching the attack.

"There’s been a lot of information or misinformation online so far - a lot of speculation that’s obviously not helpful - but I do think in these circumstances, we’ve seen this before in other attacks such as the recent Manchester attack as well that it’s important to get out ahead of this so we can clarify that information and stop any speculation.

"In incidents like this it’s vital."