Passengers aboard a train traveling through Huntingdon initially mistook a violent knife attack for a joke, according to accounts from those involved in the harrowing incident.

The first individual targeted in the assault recounted the terrifying moments of the attack, sharing that he even asked hospital staff if he was going to die from his injuries that day.

Details of the unfolding violence reveal how quickly confusion turned to realization as victims and witnesses processed the unfolding threat on board the train. Authorities and medical personnel responded to the emergency as the injured received urgent hospital care.