British Transport Police (BTP) said two people remain in a life-threatening condition following the bloody rampage on a high-speed train on Saturday evening. Superintendent John Loveless said one suspect is a black British national and the other is a British national of Caribbean descent. A forensic investigator photographing the scene inside the train (Joe Giddens/PA)It is unclear when the two suspects got on the train, with police also not confirming where the pair were from. Olly Foster, who also witnessed the incident, told the BBC an older man “blocked” the attacker from stabbing a younger girl, leaving him with injuries to his head and neck. The attack is understood to have started shortly after the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train left Peterborough station.

Source: The Times November 02, 2025 11:35 UTC