HUNTINGDON (UK) — UK police said they had arrested two suspects yesterday after “a number of people” were taken to hospital and a “large-scale” emergency response was mobilised following a stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.

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

Cambridgeshire police said: “A number of people have been taken to hospital.”

A witness described seeing a man with a large knife and told The Times newspaper there was “blood everywhere” as people hid in the washrooms.

Some passengers were getting “stamped on by others” as they tried to run, and the witness said they “heard some people shouting we love you.”

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the “appalling” incident “deeply concerning.”

“My thoughts are with all those affected, and my thanks go to the emergency services for their response,” Starmer said in a statement on X.

“Anyone in the area should follow the advice of the police,” he added, while Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood confirmed two people had been taken into custody.