‘It felt like forever’: passengers recount mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train

Some initially assumed the commotion was a Halloween prank, but soon realised something awful was unfolding

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The Saturday evening train to London was crowded but on time. Those heading to the capital had less than an hour left as it pulled out of Peterborough station, at shortly after 7.30pm.

But the unremarkable scene soon turned to horror, as bloodied passengers fled through carriages and sought refuge in toilet cubicles.