Latest Huntingdon train stabbing: 32-year-old man now sole suspect

According to the BBC report, the train passengers involved in the attack tried to hide in the buffet car.

Alistair Day said he and others managed to get in after seeing other passengers running towards them covered in blood.

He told the BBC that he saw “a guy at the window with his knife” trying to get in, but by then the buffet car had been locked.

A woman said she came face to face with the knifeman who was driving by.

Dana Arnold told the Mirror that she collapsed while trying to escape.

“I just said, ‘Please don’t kill me,'” she said.

“Something changed on his face and he stepped forward. He said: ‘The devil’s not going to win.'”

Extra police officers are being deployed across the rail network after a knife attack on a train near Huntingdon, with disruption on the line expected to last until the end of Monday.

Government sources have confirmed there will be a “surge” in police presence until at least Tuesday, focusing on major terminals such as London, Birmingham, York, Leeds and Manchester, as well as Huntingdon.

Police officers are most likely to be visible in London and Huntingdon, but will also be deployed across the rail network where possible.

There will also be a visible police presence on trains on the east coast main line, with sources saying officers usually concentrate at stations but it was “important to reassure passengers”.

A rail worker is still fighting for his life and a British man is in police custody after 11 people were injured in a knife attack on a London-bound train.

Rail workers who helped divert a London King’s Cross-bound train to Huntingdon station last night have been praised by the RMT union.

Crews diverted the train, which was going at more than 120 mph, onto the slow line to make an unscheduled stop in Huntingdon so police could respond to the incident.

RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “Today I have been spending time with RMT members who work for LNER and our wider railway family.

“I will not be giving any media interviews until the authorities establish the full facts of this horrific mass stabbing on an LNER train.

“I would like to commend the professionalism, bravery and tenacity of all railway staff involved, from the train crew to the drivers and our members in operations, who immediately assisted in diverting the King’s Cross bound train into Huntingdon station, allowing police and emergency services to respond quickly.

“I will be holding urgent meetings with the government, rail employers and police to ensure we have the strongest support, resources and robust processes in place to protect our members and the traveling public.”

The Prince and Princess of Wales have said their thoughts are with everyone affected by the Huntingdon attack.

A Kensington Palace spokesman told reporters: “I spoke to the Prince of Wales this morning and he also asked me to convey his and the Princess of Wales’s thoughts to the families and friends of all those affected by the terrible events that happened last night near Huntingdon.

“He also wanted me to share my thoughts with the first responders and train staff who acted so quickly.”

The train, which was heading towards London King’s Cross, was diverted to Huntingdon station last night so police could respond to the incident.

The driver who stopped the train in Huntingdon is understood to be Andrew Johnson.

An Aslef union official said the driver was “very shaken up” but “doing well” and praised him for doing “absolutely the right thing”.