‘Heroic’ actions of train employee and driver saved many lives in England stabbing attack, police say

London  —  There were just 11 minutes between the moment British police received an emergency call about a stabbing on a train heading to London and the moment the suspect was arrested. Eleven victims were hospitalized in the attack, including one railway worker who is in critical but stable condition, according to authorities. Officials have said the casualties would have been far worse if not for the actions of the driver who arranged for the train to be diverted to a nearby station, and a “heroic” railway worker who tried to stop the attacker on the train. The high-speed London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train, which was taking passengers from northern England to the British capital on Saturday evening, had just left Peterborough station in Cambridgeshire when the attack took place. The first emergency call to Cambridgeshire police was at approximately 7:39 p.m. local time. By 7:50 p.m., officers had arrested the 32-year-old British suspect on the platform at Huntingdon station, police told CNN. The train had just left Peterborough station when the stabbing took place and made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon. The critically injured train worker has not yet been publicly identified. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Monday
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