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By Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been arrested after a number of people were stabbed on a passenger train in Cambridgeshire, England, on Saturday, police said. Officers from British Transport Police (BTP) were at the scene in the town of Huntingdon. In a post on social media, BTP said: “We are currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have been stabbed.” Huntingdon station is closed following to the incident. The rail company that operates trains on the East Coast Mainline, London North Eastern Railway (LNER), put out a statement on X: “We are experiencing major disruption across the LNER route,” the train company said. “Emergency services are dealing with an incident at Huntingdon station; all lines are blocked,” LNER added. “Our advice is ‘Do Not Travel’. Please defer your travel where you can,” the company said. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the incident “deeply concerning.” “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. The East Coast Main Line is one of the UK’s busiest and most important railway routes. It connects major cities, running from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverly in Scotland. This is a developing story and will be updated.
