The Latest Breaking News from British Transport Police

Nine people suffering life-threatening injuries after train stabbing in Cambridgeshire, police say

Police have arrested two people and counter-terrorism police are also involved in an investigation into the mass stabbing on a train from Doncaster to London’s Kings Cross on Saturday

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025

Huntingdon stabbings LIVE: British national, 32, now sole suspect in train knife attack as police praise ‘hero’ train worker

Passengers forced to hide in a toilet during rampage on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2025

Two arrested after multiple people stabbed on train, police say

British Transport Police said they were responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025

Hadush Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police issue update after mistakenly released sex offender ‘takes trains across London’

Metropolitan Police make direct appeal to Hadush Kebatu to hand himself in

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

Relatives of Rhiannon Whyte vow to stay strong as a tribute to her memory

The hotel worker’s family say they have endured ‘hell on earth’ and that no sentence handed to her killer will ever equate to their loss.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Asylum seeker found guilty of stabbing migrant hotel worker to death with screwdriver

The trial heard Majek had been reported to security at the Park Inn Hotel in Walsall, where he lived and Rhiannon worked

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Murderer lied to jury about his age and claimed DNA evidence was untrue

Deng Chol Majek, who came to the UK after Germany refused his asylum bid, told jurors CCTV images of him showed a different man in identical clothing.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Asylum seeker convicted of murdering hotel worker in ‘cowardly’ station stabbing

Deng Chol Majek, originally from Sudan, had been in the UK for less than three months when he attacked Rhiannon Whyte at a deserted railway station.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Jury out on asylum seeker accused of stabbing hotel worker to death at station

Deng Chol Majek is accused of attacking Rhiannon Whyte at Bescot Stadium station in Walsall.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Asylum seeker accused of murder tells jury he ‘never had a problem with anyone’

Deng Chol Majek claims he was at his hotel in Walsall when Rhiannon Whyte was attacked at a nearby railway station.

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025