London Train Stabbing: Police Rule Out Terrorism, Two Remain in Life-Threatening Condition

British police dismissed speculation on Sunday that a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train that hospitalized 11 people the night before was terrorism-related.

Police said two people injured in the incident remain in life-threatening condition. Two men, born in the united Kingdom, remain in custody. They were arrested eight minutes after the first emergency calls were made from aboard the train.

“It’s a shocking incident, and first and foremost, my thoughts are with the family and friends of those who’ been affected and those who are injured,” British Transport Police Superintendent John Loveless said in a news conference outside the station in Huntingdon in eastern England, where the train halted soon after the attack.

“There is nothing to suggest this is a terrorist incident,” he added.

The two arrested – a 32-year-old Black British man and a 35-year-old man of Caribbean descent – remain in custody on suspicion of attempted murder, Loveless said.

the police superintendent also gave an update on those injured in the attack, reducing the number in life-threatening condition from nine to two. Four of the injured have been discharged from the hospital, he said.One other person had arrived at the hospital, taking the overall number injured in the attack to 11.

huntingdon Train Stabbing: What We Know

Passenger Olly Foster told the CBS News partner BBC news that he heard people shouting “run, run, there’s a guy literally stabbing everyone,” and initially thought it might have been a Halloween prank – Saturday was a day after Halloween. But as passengers pushed past him to get away, he noticed his hand was covered in blood from a chair he had leaned on.

In a social media post British Prime minister Keir Starmer called the attack an “appalling incident” that was “deeply concerning,”