The head of the transport union RMT, Eddie Dempsey, commended the train crew, driver and operators "who quickly assisted in diverting the King's Cross-bound train into Huntingdon station". Others told Sky News they saw a man holding a large knife on the platform after the train halted. Police and interior minister Shabana Mahmood underlined that both suspects were born in the UK, following speculation on social media. - Knife crime in the UK -Knife crime in England and Wales has increased since 2011, according to official government data. While Britain has some of the strictest gun controls in the world, rampant knife crime has been branded a "national crisis" by Starmer.
