No evidence mass stabbing on London-bound train was terror attack, police say

LONDON — A knife attack on a train that left 11 people injured on Saturday night was not a terrorist incident, said police, as two British nationals were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

LONDON — A knife attack on a train that left 11 people injured on Saturday night was not a terrorist incident, said police, as two British nationals were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Of the nine people initially reported to have life-threatening injuries, several cases have since been downgraded and four people have been discharged. Two “remain in a life-threatening condition,” Superintendent John Loveless said in an update on Sunday morning.

“At this stage there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident," he added, noting that both suspects, men aged 32 and 35, were born in the United Kingdom and remain in separate police stations for questioning.

Forensic police officers examine the LNER train as it sits in Huntingdon Station after a stabbing attack on Nov 2.Leon Neal / Getty ImagesBritain's interior minister Shabana Mahmood said the emergency services had "saved lives" and praised the "exceptional bravery of staff and passengers on the train," which connects London to the North of England

"We now know this attack is not being treated as terrorism, and that two British-born, British nationals have been arrested," she posted on X.