LONDON, Nov 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - UK police said they had arrested two suspects Saturday as "a number of people" were taken to hospital after 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."

Armed police were at the scene and the train was stopped at Huntingdon, a market town in east England.

Train operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) said all its railway lines had been closed while emergency services dealt with the incident at Huntingdon station.

LNER, which runs rail services along the east of England and Scotland, urged passengers not to travel, warning of "major disruption".