A grieving community remember three innocent little girls whose lives were tragically cut short

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Hundreds gathered to remember three little girls who were killed on the first day of the summer holidays when all they wanted to do was dance.

Six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine were all stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party on Hart Street yesterday (July 29) in a sickening attack that has sent shockwaves through their quiet seaside town and across the world.

As the Southport Town Hall clock struck sixon Tuesday night (July 30) a sea of heartbroken and grief-stricken mourners descended to pay their respects and remember the innocent young girls whose lives were cut short. READ MORE Three young girls killed in Southport stabbing named Among them were mothers with tears in their eyes tightly holding the hands of their children who brought teddys, handmade friendship bracelets and drawings to lay in memory of the girls.

One heartbreaking note read: ‘Never stop dancing’ while another said: ‘Sleep tight precious angels’. Emma Ireland, 43, holding a bouquet of flowers in one hand and her daughter’s in the other, said while choking back tears: “I’m here out of solidarity and to support the families who have lost their children and to thank the emergency services and the staff at the Hart Space. “We run a swim school and teach children it’s the best job in the world and for that to happen is just unimaginable.