The two men who were arrested for the mass stabbing on a high-speed train headed for London were both British nationals, according to the British Transport Police, who are leading the investigations.
The suspects were identified as a ‘32 year old Black British national’ and a ‘35-year-old British national of Caribbean descent.’
Supt John Loveless told the media that the men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The police also said that initially, nine people were believed to have life-threatening injuries. Following the assessment, four of the victims were discharged, and two people remain in a life-threatening condition.
Police also said that the they found ‘nothing to suggest’ that the attack was a terrorist incident at the current stage of investigation.
“At this stage, it would not be appropriate to speculate on the cause of this incident,” Loveless said.
Ten people were injured in the mass stabbing on a high-speed LNER train going from Doncaster to London.
Defence Secretary John Healy described the attacks as an “isolated incident. “The early assessment is that this was an isolated incident, an isolated attack. He said.
British Transport Police received reports of multiple stabbings and were called to the scene at 7.42 pm local time on Saturday evening.
The train made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon station, where police and paramedics arrived on scene.
The two suspects were arrested at the station. Police used a taser on a man who was holding a knife, BBC reported.
UK train stabbings not a terrorist attack, British police say
