Train stabbing latest: Rail worker critically ill but stable, transport minister tells Sky News

There is now only one suspect regarding the stabbing, after one of the two people arrested has been released.

The suspect is a 32-year-old British man of Caribbean descent remains in custody. He was born in the UK and is from Peterborough, where he entered the train.

But why were these details released, when they are not always disclosed at this stage of an investigation?

Oliver Whitfield-Miocic, one of our Sky News correspondents reporting from Huntingdon, says: “This is a relatively recent development from the authorities after Warwickshire Police and the Home Office were accused of concealing the nationalities of two asylum seekers accused of raping a 12-year-old girl.

“Guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in August says forces have been encouraged to disclose a suspect’s ethnicity and nationality in certain cases when they are charged ‘to ensure policing is more consistent, fair and transparent with this information, as well as addressing potential mis and disinformation’.

“However, others fear that releasing this type of information will make some members of the public focus on the race of suspects, which could fuel further misinformation or messages of hatred.”

Our correspondent Gurpreet Narwan is also reporting from Huntingdon, where she went into detail about the recent cases which prompted the police decision.

She says an “indiscriminate attack” like this one – whether classed as terror-related by police or not – leads to a “search for answers” from the public about “who these men were”.

What police did disclose about the suspects, and the fact they were both born in the UK, was a “major update”, even if it doesn’t tell us much, she adds.

“But it’s part of a broader trend,” Narwan says.

Watch her analysis of the context here…