Counter-terrorism police are investigating a mass stabbing on a train near Cambridge which left nine people in hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A man is said to have been shot with a Taser by police and arrested on the platform at Huntingdon station after witnesses described a man armed with a large knife going on a violent rampage on the train.

Two people were arrested over the stabbings which happened on the 6.25pm train service going from Doncaster to London King’s Cross on Saturday evening, said British Transport Police (BTP).

British Transport Police at one point declared “Plato” – the national code word used by police when responding to a “marauding terror attack” . But the declaration was subsequently rescinded. New Feature

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