London: What is already known about the train attack that left 11 people injured.

Reuters - A knife attack on a train in eastern England left 11 people injured and led to the arrest of two men on Saturday (1st). British police reported on Sunday (2nd) that the case is not being treated as an act of terrorism, although the investigation is still seeking to clarify the motivations for the crime.

"At this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident," said Superintendent John Loveless of the British Transport Police at a press conference. This information was published by the agency. Reuters.

The two suspects, both British, are 32 and 35 years old and were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. According to police, the first is a black man of British nationality and the second is a British citizen of Caribbean descent. Both were born in the United Kingdom. “We continue to work to establish the circumstances and full motivation behind this incident,” added Loveless, stressing that it would be “inappropriate to speculate on the cause.”

The train, on the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) line, was traveling towards London when the attack began. Faced with the situation, the driver made an emergency stop at Huntingdon station, about 130 kilometers north of the British capital.

According to authorities, four of the eleven people hospitalized have already been discharged, but two remain in critical condition. The crime scene has been cordoned off and forensic teams were seen examining the interior of the train cars, where, according to witnesses, there was blood splattered on the seats.

“I put my hand on a chair… and then I saw that my hand was covered in blood. When I looked around, there was blood on all the chairs,” passenger Olly Foster told the BBC. Another traveler told Sky News that one of the suspects “was brandishing a large knife before being hit by a police taser.”

Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the episode as a "terrible and deeply concerning incident," while King Charles III said he was "truly shocked and dismayed." Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood declared herself "deeply saddened" and asked the public to avoid speculation about what happened.

The British government has redoubled its efforts to contain the spread of rumors on social media following an incident in 2024, when the deaths of three girls in Southport, northwest England, sparked days of violent protests fueled by misinformation.

According to data from the British Home Office, the number of knife crimes increased by 87% in England and Wales in the last decade. In 2024, there were 54.587 recorded incidents, a 2% increase compared to the previous year — one of the highest rates in Europe.

Although the terrorist threat level in the United Kingdom is classified as "substantial"—meaning that an attack is considered "likely"—the country had been experiencing a period of relative calm since 2017. However, last month, three people died in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, reigniting fears about public safety.

The investigation into the attack on the Huntingdon train is ongoing. Police have asked witnesses to come forward with information that could help clarify the facts.