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Nine individuals were receiving treatment for life-threatening injuries following a series of stabbings aboard a train near Cambridge in eastern England, with two men taken into custody in what Keir Starmer described as an "appalling incident".

British Transport Police confirmed that counterterrorism officers were assisting their investigation as they worked to determine the complete circumstances and motive behind Saturday's incident.

A cabinet minister stated on Sunday that it is understood to have been an "isolated attack".

The force also revealed that "Plato", the national codeword employed by police and emergency services when responding to a potential "marauding terror attack", had been activated.

This declaration was subsequently withdrawn and no motive for the assau

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