Police briefly invoked "Plato," the code for a marauding terrorist attack, but later withdrew the designation after finding no evidence of terrorism, following a mass stabbing spree aboard a high-speed LNER train traveling from Doncaster to London, carried out by two suspects, one a Black British national and the other a British national of Caribbean descent, aged 32 and 25.

British Transport Police said eleven people were hospitalized, nine of whom initially suffered life-threatening injuries. As of early Sunday, four have been discharged, while two remain in critical condition.

"British Transport Police declared a major incident yesterday, and counter-terrorism policing were initially supporting our investigation. However, at this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident," Superintendent John Loveless told reporters earlier. 

Defence Secretary John Healey described the mass stabbing as an "isolated attack but warned about a "new era of threat." 

Earlier, transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, told reporters that passengers would see "a high visibility presence" of police on trains and train stations "to reassure the public." This was a similar message to the British Transport Police's comments. 

King Charles commented on the attack:

My wife and I were truly appalled and shocked to hear of the dreadful knife attack that took place on board a train in Cambridgeshire last night. Our deepest sympathy and thoughts are with all those affected, and their loved ones. We are particularly grateful to the emergency services for their response to this awful incident.

Viewing Britain from afar, just across the Atlantic, is depressing. The rapid decline of a nation spiraling into a progressive hellhole and multicultural dystopia offers lessons for America and the America First movement.

Given that authorities downgraded the Plato designation, does this mean the two attackers just randomly started knifing train passengers at the same time? Is this now the kind of "basic" attack being normalized, or were these attackers simply "blowing off some steam"?