The ECHO understands there has been one fatality
Children were reportedly enjoying a Taylor Swift party when a knifeman attacked in a multiple stabbing in Southport . Emergency services were called to Hart Street to reports of a mass stabbing at around 11.50am, today, July 29. Several eyewitnesses have told the ECHO children were enjoying a dance summer camp. An event was taking place at The Hart Space, a pregnancy care centre located on the first floor of Norwood Business Park on Hart Street, Southport .
The ECHO understands that one person - believed to be a child - has died, while possibly more than 10 others - both adults and children - have been taken to hospitals around the region with major traumas. Alder Hey Children's Hospital has now declared a major incident as it attempts to deal with the situation. While the attack focused on a property in Hart Street, the ECHO understands it continued out of the property and in the local area.
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