Inside the 15-Minute Timeline of the Huntingdon Train Mass Stabbing: From Departure to Taser Arrest

A KNIFE rampage on a high-speed train which has left nine people fighting for their lives unfolded over a 15-minute window of horror.

The nine-carriage LNER service departed Doncaster in South Yorkshire yesterday evening – with passengers looking forward to arriving in London before .

Police and other emergency responders attend to Huntingdon StationCredit: Getty Police watch a cordoned off area at the train station on Sunday morningCredit: AP

After stopping at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, a little over an hour into the journey at just before 7.30pm, multiple stabbings occurred before an emergency stop was made at Huntingdon – around 22 miles down the line at just before 7.45pm.

A man with a large knife is believed to have subsequently been shot with a Taser by cops – with the incident described this morning as an “isolated attack” by Defence Secretary John Healey.

Witnesses on board the train – which still remains at the station as part of the crime scene – described how passengers were trampled and hid in the toilets as the screams of victims were heard amid the chaos.

It comes as…

• The train involved was the 6.25pm service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross – with it stopped at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
• Two arrests were made following the attack
• 10 people were injured, with nine said to be fighting for their lives
• Counter terrorism police are supporting the investigation
• Witnesses described passengers screaming and others
• Defence Secretary John Healey said the early assessment is it was an “isolated attack”

One said he initially thought it was a Halloween prank before being left covered in blood.

More than 30 armed officers were scrambled to the station, with a “major incident” declared, before two arrests were made.

Counter terror cops were later confirmed to be involved in the ongoing investigation.

A 10th person suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police also declared “Plato”, the national code word used by police and emergency services when responding to a “marauding terror attack”, before the declaration was later rescinded.

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer describing the incident as “deeply concerning”.

Witnesses have today revealed harrowing details about the terrifying stabbing rampage.

One passenger told frantic people were hiding in loos as panic spread through the carriages.

Another, called Gavin, told Sky News that a victim screamed: “They’ve got a knife, I’ve been stabbed.”

He added as the train came to a stop the passenger – who was “extremely bloodied” – was “basically on the floor” as they tried to flee the attackers.

It’s understood a man with a knife was seen being confronted on the platform by armed officers before being tasered and restrained.

Gavin said officers told him a suspect “was a black male wearing all black”.

He added: “At the back of the station, people started shouting ‘get down get down’ and he was waving a knife, quite a large knife.”

The train involved was the 6.25pm service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross – with horror unfolding at 7.39pm.

Ten people were rushed to hospital with nine suffering life-threatening injuries, BTP confirmed.

Witness Olly Foster told the BBC he heard people shouting “run, run, there’s a guy literally stabbing everyone”, and said he initially believed it was a Halloween prank.

But as he moved down the carriage his hand became “covered in blood” after leaning on a chair – and said he saw an older man sustain head and neck injuries after blocking an attacker from stabbing a young girl.

A police officer watches the area where travellers left their belongingsCredit: AP A forensic officer inspects the London North Eastern Railway trainCredit: Reuters Emergency responders on the tracks by the trainCredit: PA

Other passengers then worked to try and stem the bleeding from his wounds.

Olly claimed passengers were ushered out into the station, adding: “There were multiple people who had been stabbed.”

One eye witness described the scene on the train as “horrific” and “pure chaos”.

They told the Sun: “There was blood everywhere, it was a terrible scene, really violent. It was like something from a film.

“It didn’t feel real and just sparked pure panic onboard. Shocked onlookers were shaken and traumatised.”

Shocking footage shows police cars and ambulances flooding the roads outside of the station, as officers raced along the platform before boarding the train.

Forensic teams and sniffer dogs swept the station, with emergency responders seen working on the tracks, while the scene was sealed off to the public.

Evacuated passengers were reportedly being loaded onto coaches to London.

Police officers search the track in front of an LNER Azuma trainCredit: AFP Police officers walk along the platformCredit: AFP