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Senior Reform UK politician Laila Cunningham has torn into the Home Secretary’s request for individuals to keep away from speculating about final evening’s Huntingdon prepare mass stabbing. Following the assault that has left 9 individuals with life-threatening accidents, Shabana Mahmood mentioned her ideas “go out to all those affected”.

She added: “I am receiving regular updates on the investigation. I urge people to avoid comment and speculation at this early stage.” Responding to the tweet, London councillor Laila Cunningham – who is probably going Reform’s candidate for the subsequent London mayoral election – accused the highest Labour politician of wanting Brits “to shut up and die”. Ms Cunningham blasted: “I can’t stop thinking about those victims, 10 beautiful lives, families in agony waiting to see if they pull through, I am devastated. We are a nation in mourning.

“And Shabana’s first instinct isn’t fury, urgency or a vow to catch them or make our trains safe. Her priority is to silence us, to manage our reaction not our safety.

“A train was turned into a war zone, what’s next? We are now sitting ducks.

“Our great nation is desperate for leaders that feel our fury, our fears and are ruthlessly focused on keeping us safe. Instead we have leaders who want us to shut up and die.”

It got here after Nigel Farage demanded solutions, with each the Home Office and the Met but to substantiate numerous key particulars.

The Reform UK chief mentioned: “The attack last night in Huntington was horrific.

“My thoughts are with all the victims and their families.

“We need to know who committed these awful attacks as soon as possible.”

It is just not but recognized whether or not the assault is being handled as a terrorist incident. The British Transport Police declared a significant incident, and at one level declared “Plato”, the codeword used when responding to a terrorist incident, nonetheless this was later rescinded.

Two individuals have been arrested by the police, one in all whom a witness mentioned appeared to have been Tasered.

The eye-witness reported the knife-wielder to be a Black man wearing black clothes.

Witnesses have spoken of seeing a person with a big knife and passengers hiding within the bathrooms to flee the rampage.

One informed The Times there was “blood everywhere” and other people had been getting “stamped” on by others as they tried to flee.

The witness mentioned: “I heard some people shouting we love (you).”

The Sun mentioned one other witness described the assault as “like something from a film”, including: “It was a terrible scene, really violent.”