Taylor Swift says she is 'in shock' after 3 children died in an attack on a UK dance class
A 9-year-old girl wounded in a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class in northwestern England died Tuesday, bringing the death toll to three, as police questioned a 17-year-old suspect arrested minutes after the rampage.
Merseyside Police said the other fatalities were girls aged 6 and 7.
Eight children and two adults remain hospitalized after the attack in Southport. Both adults and five of the children are in critical condition.
Swift said she was 바카라 게임 웹사이트completely in shock바카라 게임 웹사이트 and still taking in 바카라 게임 웹사이트the horror바카라 게임 웹사이트 of the event.
바카라 게임 웹사이트These were just little kids at a dance class," she wrote on Instagram. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.바카라 게임 웹사이트
A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
Local people left flowers and stuffed animals in tribute at a police cordon on the street lined with brick houses in the seaside resort near Liverpool 바카라 게임 웹사이트 nicknamed 바카라 게임 웹사이트sunny Southport바카라 게임 웹사이트 바카라 게임 웹사이트 whose beach and pier attract vacationers from across northwest England.
Witnesses described scenes 바카라 게임 웹사이트from a horror movie바카라 게임 웹사이트 as bloodied children ran from the attack just before noon on Monday. The suspect was arrested soon after on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. Police said he was born in Cardiff, Wales, and had lived for years in a village about 3 miles from Southport. He has not yet been charged.
Police said detectives are not treating Monday바카라 게임 웹사이트s attack as terror-related and they are not looking for any other suspects.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We believe the adults who were injured were bravely trying to protect the children who were being attacked,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said.
It is the latest shocking attack in a country where a recent rise in knife crime has stoked anxieties and led to calls for the government to do more to clamp down on bladed weapons, which are by far the most commonly used instruments in U.K. homicides. Witnesses described hearing screams and seeing children covered in blood emerging from the Hart Space, a community center that hosts everything from pregnancy workshops and meditation sessions to women바카라 게임 웹사이트s boot camps.
The attack happened during a Taylor Swift-themed yoga and dance workshop for children aged about 6 to 11.
바카라 게임 웹사이트They were in the road, running from the nursery,바카라 게임 웹사이트 said Bare Varathan, who owns a shop nearby. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They had been stabbed, here, here, here, everywhere,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said, indicating the neck, back and chest.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the attack 바카라 게임 웹사이트horrendous and deeply shocking.바카라 게임 웹사이트 King Charles III sent his 바카라 게임 웹사이트condolences, prayers and deepest sympathies바카라 게임 웹사이트 to those affected by the 바카라 게임 웹사이트utterly horrific incident.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Prince William and his wife Catherine said that 바카라 게임 웹사이트as parents, we cannot begin to imagine what the families, friends and loved ones of those killed and injured in Southport today are going through.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Colin Parry, who owns a nearby auto body shop, told The Guardian that the suspect arrived by taxi.
바카라 게임 웹사이트He came down our driveway in a taxi and didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t pay for the taxi, so I confronted him at that point," Parry was quoted as saying. "He was quite aggressive, he said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트What are you gonna do about it?바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트
Parry said most of the victims appeared to be young girls.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The mothers are coming here now and screaming,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Parry said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It is like a scene from a horror movie. ... It바카라 게임 웹사이트s like something from America, not like sunny Southport.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Britain바카라 게임 웹사이트s worst attack on children occurred in 1996, when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton shot 16 kindergartners and their teacher dead in a school gymnasium in Dunblane, Scotland. The U.K. subsequently banned the private ownership of almost all handguns.
Mass shootings and killings with firearms are rare in Britain, where knives were used in about 40% of homicides in the year to March 2023.