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Two children dead and nine injured in dance workshop stabbing

 

  

 



Emergency workers rushed to help casualties in the aftermath of a stabbing

Two children have died and nine were injured, six critically, after a knifeman launched a "ferocious attack" at a children's dance workshop.

 

  

 


Two adults are also in a critical condition after being stabbed as they tried to protect children at the Taylor Swift-themed event on Hart Street in Southport, Merseyside Police said.

A 17-year-old boy, from Banks in Lancashire, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

Police said the motivation for the attack was "unclear" but it was not being treated as terror-related. One witness described the scene as "horrendous" and said she had "never seen anything like it".


 


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What we know so far about the attack

Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy told a news conference officers were called to the scene following reports of a stabbing at 11:47 BST.

She said when they arrived they "were shocked" to find that multiple people, many of whom were children, had been subjected to a "ferocious attack" and had suffered serious injuries.


 
 


"It is understood that the children were attending a Taylor Swift event at a dance school when the offender armed with a knife walked into the premises and started to attack the children," she said.

We believe that the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked.

"As a mum of two daughters, and the nana of a five-year-old granddaughter, I cannot begin to imagine the pain and suffering the families of the victims are currently going through and I want to send them our heartfelt condolences and sympathies".

Ms Kennedy said the 17-year-old suspect, who was born in Cardiff, will now be questioned by detectives.


 
 


Merseyside Police was not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack and though the "motivation for the incident remains unclear", it was not currently being treated as terror-related.

The incident occurred on what is the first full week of the school summer holidays for many children in the UK.



PA Media Police in Southport, Merseyside, where a man has been detained and a knife has been seized after a number of people were injured in a reported stabbingPA Media

The ages of those injured are not yet known

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer offered his condolences to the victims of the "truly awful" attack, as well as their families and friends.

"I know the whole country is deeply shocked about what they’ve seen and what they’ve heard," he said.

"I know I speak for everyone in the whole country in saying, our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, their families, their friends and the wider community and it’s almost impossible to imagine the grief that they’re going through, and the trauma that they’re going through.

"I do want to thank the emergency services and Merseyside Police who have had to respond to the most difficult of circumstances today."


 
 


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