Southport stabbing: Everything said at the police press conference
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTwo children were killed, with nine others left injured after a 'ferocious' stabbing in Southport on Monday morning (July 29).
A man, armed with a knife, walked into a Taylor Swift-themed dance party at a property on Hart Street shortly before 11.50am, police have said.
It is then that people inside were attacked and left with stab injuries. A major incident was declared, in which the lives of two children 'were cut short' after they died of their injuries. READ MORE Two children dead after 'ferocious' stabbings in Southport with teenage boy arrested on suspicion of murder Nine other children were also left injured - six of whom are in a critical condition in hospital - along with two other adults who had 'bravely' tried to intervene amid the 'chaotic scenes'.
A teenage boy, aged 17, from the village of Banks, was later arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and remains in custody for questioning by detectives.
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