Two fight for life, two arrests after mass stabbing on train in UK

A knife attack on a train in the UK heading to London from Doncaster left 10 hospitalized on Saturday night with two victims still fighting for their lives.

The passenger train made an emergency stop at Huntingdon Station in Cambridgeshire (about 100km north of London) with reports of multiple stabbings aboard. 

Witnesses described horrific scenes and frantic screams of a man stabbing "everyone, everything," and heroic acts like an older passenger shielding a girl from the blade. 

Police have arrested two British-born suspects, a 32-year-old and a 35-year-old, on attempted murder charges after one brandished a knife on the platform before being tasered.

Passengers recounted hiding in toilets amid the chaos, with blood all over the train and people getting trampled in the rush. Some even initially mistook the screams for a Halloween prank.

Of the 10 hospitalized victims, four have been discharged, two remain in life-threatening condition, and one has non-life-threatening injuries, with no deaths reported.

Counterterrorism specialists continue to assist in piecing together what happened. Although no motive has been established yet, the incident was briefly coded "Plato" for a potential marauding terror attack before being rescinded.

The incident has been declared a major one, with forensics teams and dog units gathering evidence.

UK Defense Minister John Healey said early signs pointed to an isolated incident, adding that it was too early to label it terrorism, with the national threat level unchanged at "substantial." 

Prime Minister Keir Starmer called it an "appalling incident", while Huntingdon lawmaker Ben Obese-Jecty described the event as a "truly horrific incident."