British police rule out terrorism after knife attack on train leaves Il injured

British police said on Nov 2 that a knife attack on a train, which put 11 people in hospital, was not a terrorist incident, adding that two men both British nationals had been arrested.

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Counter-terrorism police had helped with the initial investigation after the mass stabbing of passengers on a London-bound train in eastern England on Nov 1.

"At this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident," Superintendent John Loveless from British Transport Police told the media on Nov 2.

The two men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder were a 32-year-old black British national and a 35-year-old British national of Caribbean descent, Supt Loveless said. Both were born in the UK, he added.

"It would not be appropriate to speculate on the cause of this incident," he said.

The arrests were made by armed police after the train made an emergency stop at Huntingdon, around 130km north of London.

Of the 11 people hospitalised, four have since been discharged and two patients remain in a life-threatening condition, police said.