UK police arrested a man Saturday night after a mass stabbing attack on a train in eastern England left 11 people wounded, including two in critical condition.
The incident took place aboard a London North Eastern Railway train traveling from Doncaster to London’s King’s Cross station around 7:30 pm The train was stopped at Huntingdon station, where armed officers swarmed the platform and confronted the suspect.
Testimony and video from the scene show police shouting commands as they Taser and handcuff the man, who was dressed all in black. “Get him in a f*cking hold!” one officer yells as others rush in with a police dog.
“The police arrive seconds later and I could hear him shouting ‘kill me, kill me, kill me’ to them,” said Viorel Turturica, a 42-year-old taxi driver who filmed the video and spoke with The Sun. “They then taser him and as soon as he is down they say to him ‘drop your weapon,’ that’s when I started recording.”
Turturica said he saw people running from the station in panic moments before the arrest. “Then 10 seconds later a man dressed in black holding a huge kitchen knife in his hand runs past my car,” he recalled.
Police said two suspects were taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder. The victims were treated by paramedics on site before being transported to nearby hospitals.
Authorities have not yet confirmed a motive for the attack, but said there is no ongoing threat to the public.
The incident took place aboard a London North Eastern Railway train traveling from Doncaster to London’s King’s Cross station around 7:30 pm The train was stopped at Huntingdon station, where armed officers swarmed the platform and confronted the suspect.
Testimony and video from the scene show police shouting commands as they Taser and handcuff the man, who was dressed all in black. “Get him in a f*cking hold!” one officer yells as others rush in with a police dog.
“The police arrive seconds later and I could hear him shouting ‘kill me, kill me, kill me’ to them,” said Viorel Turturica, a 42-year-old taxi driver who filmed the video and spoke with The Sun. “They then taser him and as soon as he is down they say to him ‘drop your weapon,’ that’s when I started recording.”
Turturica said he saw people running from the station in panic moments before the arrest. “Then 10 seconds later a man dressed in black holding a huge kitchen knife in his hand runs past my car,” he recalled.
Police said two suspects were taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder. The victims were treated by paramedics on site before being transported to nearby hospitals.
Authorities have not yet confirmed a motive for the attack, but said there is no ongoing threat to the public.
