United Kingdom: three children killed and a dozen injured in mass stabbing
Some of the injured, including several young children, are in critical condition. It happened at a venue where a music event inspired by singer Taylor Swift was being held.
Stabbing in Southport, England
(THIS NEWS UPDATES THE PREVIOUS: UK: one arrested for the stabbing of eight people , INCREASING THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS AND NEW DETAILS OF THE EVENT)
Three children were killed this Monday and 11 people were injured, including nine children, in a knife attack at a dance school in Southport, northern England, British police said. A third nine-year-old girl died this Tuesday as a result of his injuries.
The armed force said it arrested a 17-year-old teenager as the alleged perpetrator of the attack in this town, located 20 km north of Liverpool.
Six children and two adults were in a "critical" condition, Merseyside police chief Serena Kennedy told a news conference, according to AFP.
The motives of the alleged assailant are still unknown, but authorities have ruled out a terrorist motive for the time being.
Police said in a statement that they were alerted to a knife attack and that upon arrival at the scene officers "detained a man and seized a knife."
The regional ambulance service reported that it transported eleven patients with stab wounds to several hospitals, including a children's hospital.
According to several media reports, the attack took place at a venue where a children's music and dance event inspired by U.S. singer Taylor Swift was being held.
The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, denounced it on the social network X and called it a "horrible" act and said he was "shocked."
United Kingdom registers an upsurge in incidents of knife violence. Some 50,000 such incidents were recorded last year, up 7% on 2022 and nearly 100% in ten years, according to the national statistics office.
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