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Senior UK Reform politician Laila Cunningham has complied with the Home Secretary’s request that people refrain from speculating about last night’s mass stabbing on the Huntingdon train. Following the attack, which left nine people with life-threatening injuries, Shabana Mahmood said her thoughts “go out to everyone affected”.
He added: “I am receiving regular updates on the investigation. I would urge people to refrain from comment and speculation at this early stage.” Responding to the tweet, London councilor Laila Cunningham, who is likely to be Reform’s candidate in the next London mayoral election, accused the senior Labor politician of wanting Britons to “shut up and die”. Ms Cunningham said angrily: “I can’t stop thinking about those victims, the 10 beautiful lives, the families suffering to see if they can get over it, I’m devastated. “We are a nation of mourners.
“And Shabana’s first instinct is not anger, urgency, or vowing to catch them or make our trains safe. Her priority is to silence us, to manage our response, not our safety.”
“The train has turned into a war zone, what’s next? We are like ducks now.”
“Our great nation needs leaders who feel our anger, our fears, and are relentlessly focused on keeping us safe. Instead, we have leaders who want us to remain silent and die.”
This comes after Nigel Farage demanded answers; Both the Home Office and the Met are yet to confirm a number of key details.
The Reform England leader said: “The attack in Huntington last night was horrific.
“My thoughts are with all the victims and their families.
“We need to find out as soon as possible who carried out these terrible attacks,” he said.
It is not yet known whether the attack will be considered a terrorist incident. British Transport Police declared a major incident and at one point declared “Plato”, the code word used when responding to terrorist incidents, but this was later cancelled.
Police detained two people; one of them said an eyewitness was in shock.
The eyewitness reported that the person carrying the knife was a black man wearing black clothing.
Witnesses said they saw a man with a large knife and passengers hiding in toilets to escape the attack.
One of them told The Times there was “blood everywhere” and people were “marked” by others as they tried to escape.
The witness said: “I heard some people shouting ‘we love you’.”
The Sun said another witness described the attack as “like something out of a movie”, adding: “It was a horrific scene, really violent.”
