Two children dead, six critically injured in UK knife attack
The Peninsula
Southport, United Kingdom: Two children have been killed and nine more injured, six critically, in a knife attack at a dance class in northern England...
Southport, United Kingdom: Two children have been killed and nine more injured, six critically, in a knife attack at a dance class in northern England on Monday, police said.
A 17-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder over the attack in Southport, near Liverpool in northwest England, which also left two adults with critical injuries, Merseyside Police said in a news conference.
Police chief Serena Kennedy said counter-terror police had offered their support, but that the attack was not being treated as terror-related, and that the motivation was unclear.
All of those injured had been stabbed, she added.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the media that "the events today are just truly awful, the whole country is deeply shocked.