British Transport Police, Stabbing
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Multiple patients remain in life-threatening condition after a stabbing spree on a train in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire left 11 people wounded Saturday.
There were just 11 minutes between the moment British police received an emergency call about a stabbing on a train heading to London and the moment the suspect was arrested.         Eleven victims were hospitalized in the attack,
U.K. police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people, and revealed that he may have stabbed two other people in the 24 hours before the attack.
Watch as British Transport Police gave an update on the knife attack on a London-bound train which two people fighting for their lives. Speaking to press outside Huntingdon station, Superintendent John Loveless confirmed four of the ten people initially taken to hospital following the attack have now been discharged.
Police and medics rushed to a train station in Huntingdon, northwest of Cambridge, after reports of a stabbing on a London-bound train at 7:42 p.m. GMT (3:42 p.m. ET). The train made an unscheduled stop as emergency services responded, according to the British Transport Police and social media footage from the scene.
A funding boost for the British Transport Police (BTP) is needed so the force can permanently increase the number of officers riding on trains, according to security experts and rail unions. The Government may also need to consider airport-style scanners at stations and bleed control kits on carriages,
British Transport Police confirmed multiple people were stabbed on a train to Huntingdon. Two suspects were arrested, and several victims were taken to hospital. Train services remain disrupted as investigations continue.