Paramedics medical equipment is pictured in side a police cordon outside Huntingdon Station in Huntingdon, eastern England. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
British police say they now consider only one of the two men they arrested as a suspect in the mass stabbing on a London-bound train.
"Detectives investigating a multiple stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire can this evening confirm a 32-year-old man who was arrested is now being treated as the only suspect," said a statement from British Transport Police.
He remains in police custody on suspicion of attempted murder, it said, adding that he was from Peterborough, where he boarded the train.
"A 35-year-old man from London who was also arrested at the scene has been released with no further action," it said.
Police were alerted to an emergency on board a train between Doncaster, a town in northeast England, and London's King's Cross Station - a typically busy route - about 7.40pm on Saturday night.
Ten people were initially taken to the hospital, with four discharged shortly after.
One of the people wounded in the attack, a member of the rail staff who was on the train and tried to stop the attacker, remains in a life-threatening condition.
"Detectives have reviewed the CCTV from the train and it is clear his actions were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people's lives," police said.
Five of those injured have been discharged from hospital.
"Our investigation is moving at pace and we are confident we are not looking for anyone else in connection to the incident," Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Cundy said in the statement.
- AFP
