British police say multiple people were stabbed on a train near Cambridge and 2 individuals arrested

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LONDON (AP) — British police said Saturday that “multiple people” have been stabbed on a train near Cambridge and that two individuals have been arrested in connection with the incident.

British Transport Police said on X that officers are “currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have been stabbed.”

Cambridgeshire Constabulary, the local police force, said armed police attended after officers were called to the scene at Huntingdon station at 7:39 p.m. on Saturday. The two people were arrested at the station, which is around 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of London.

Paul Bristow, the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said in a post on X that he had heard of reports of “horrendous scenes” on the train.