Armed police arrest man and seize knife after being called to property in the city north of Liverpool
Police scenes-of-crime officers at the scene in Southport, Merseyside, after a man was detained and a knife seized following the stabbing of a number of people, including children. Photograph: James Speakman/PA WireA child is feared dead and at least eight have been left injured after bleeding children were seen fleeing a “horror movie” knife attack close to a Taylor Swift-themed yoga class.
One witness said he called the police to an address behind The Hart Space studios, where a Taylor Swift-themed yoga class for children aged between six and 11 was taking place.Anne Enright on Edna O’Brien: She never left Ireland, yet couldn’t live here either He said: “I saw seven to 10 kids outside the nursery. They were injured, bleeding. They were in the road, running from the nursery.“They were all aged about 10. One of them was really seriously injured. I hope they will be OK. Only two police jeeps and ambulances arrived, then armed police came and took him out of the nursery.A resident of Hart Street but did not want to be named said he was at home about midday when a woman pulled up outside in her car, screaming.
“When I got back up the street there were a couple of kids on the floor being seen to by paramedics and, as I came back, more police cars were going down and more ambulances gradually started to arrive.” British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the incident was “horrendous and deeply shocking”, while home secretary Yvette Cooper said she was “deeply concerned”.
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