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Huntingdon stabbing attack: Why increasing security on trains is virtually impossible

After the rampage, transport experts are considering the future of rail passenger protection

The Independent UK

How was train mass stabbing suspect not stopped after London 'knife attack' earlier the same day?

Three other knife-related incidents, including the stabbing of a 14-year-old boy, are also believed to be linked to the train attack suspect, police said

Evening Standard

Anthony Williams: Everything we know about Huntingdon train stabbing suspect

A 32-year-old man charged with 10 counts of attempted murder in connection with Cambridgeshire incident

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Heroes on the 18:25 to King's Cross: How staff and passengers saved lives as knifeman carried out rampage

Police say a 32-year-old Black British national remains in custody as one hero LNER worker remains in a critical but stable condition

Evening Standard

Man charged over mass stabbing also accused of attack on different train earlier

Anthony Williams, 32, will appear at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court later on Monday.

Evening Standard

Train hero in critical but stable condition, Transport Secretary says

Heidi Alexander said the actions of the train crew members saved lives during Saturday’s mass stabbing.

Evening Standard

Metal detectors at train stations would ‘make life impossible’, says UK transport secretary

Heidi Alexander says security review after Cambridgeshire train stabbings will consider all other options

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Train hero fights for life as knife attack suspect remains in police custody

A 32-year-old man from Peterborough remains in police custody on suspicion of attempted murder.

Evening Standard

Cambridgeshire train stabbings: ‘heroic’ rail staff member fighting for life after tackling attacker

British Transport Police say LNER worker ‘undoubtedly saved lives’ as suspect remains in custody

The Guardian - UK

Heroic rail worker who 'saved many lives' during London-bound train knife rampage 'critical but stable' in hospital

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander says: ‘He went to work on Saturday morning to do his job and he left work a hero’

Evening Standard

‘Heroic’ rail worker ‘saved people’s lives’ trying to stop knife attack

The staff member, who has not been named, was one of 10 people taken to hospital after the mass stabbing on the train.

Evening Standard

Police ‘forced to disclose ethnicity of suspects to counter far-right speculation’

Guidance to combat misinformation puts pressure on police to release details, says former senior Met officer

The Guardian - UK

Police rule out terrorism in stabbing attack on UK train after 2 men are arrested

British police have dismissed speculation that a mass stabbing on a London-bound train was terrorism-related

The Independent UK

Huntingdon train stabbing: What security is there on trains and which services are disrupted today?

Rail services in and out of London King's Cross are running again, though with delays

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The Independent UK

What to know about a stabbing attack aboard a train in Britain

A routine train journey in eastern England turned chaotic when multiple people were stabbed on Saturday evening

The Guardian - UK

Two men in police custody after mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train

Police say they are not treating attack that left two people with life-threatening injuries as terrorist incident

Evening Standard

Two British nationals confirmed as suspects in Huntingdon train stabbings

Police said there is nothing to suggest the attack was a terrorist incident.

International Business Times UK

Terror on the Tracks: Two Held After Knife Rampage Leaves Nine Fighting for Life

Two men were arrested after a knife rampage on a London-bound train left nine passengers critically injured, forcing armed police to storm Huntingdon Station.

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The Independent UK

Watch: British Transport Police give statement after Huntingdon train knife 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.

Euronews

Two British nationals arrested on suspicion of murder in train stabbing incident, UK police explains

British Transport Police have ruled out terrorism as a motive behind Saturday evening's train stabbing incident which injured 11 people, nine of them critically. Investigations with the two arrested suspects are ongoing to discover the motives behind the attack.

Evening Standard

Huntingdon train stabbings: Everything we know so far about the attack that left nine in critical condition

Counter-terrorism police are investigating after nine people were left fighting for their lives in a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire

The Guardian - AU

Cambridgeshire train stabbing: one suspect held on suspicion of attempted murder; police commend ‘heroic’ rail staff member – as it happened

A 32-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the Huntingdon train knife attack is now being treated as the only suspect, according to transport police

The Independent UK

British man, 32, remains in police custody in Huntingdon train stabbing as rail staff member fights for life

Terrified passengers hid in toilets and barricaded themselves in the buffet car to escape

Evening Standard

Nine suffer life-threatening injuries as terror police probe train stabbing

British Transport Police said two people are in custody in connection with the incident.

Evening Standard

Two arrested as ‘man with large knife’ seen after mass stabbing on train

Armed police attended the scene at Huntingdon Station on Saturday evening.

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