UK knife attack: Two children killed, others injured, what we know

A knife attack occurred this Monday in a holiday club in the United Kingdom The toll is two dead and 11 injured.

Late in the morning, this Monday, July 29, 2024, a dance workshop, on the theme of the singer Taylor Swift and intended for children, was targeted by a man armed with a knife, in a holiday club in Southport, a tourist town in England located on the coast of the Irish Sea, in County from Merseyside.

Monday evening, the police, including the'éecho le Liverpool Echo, revealed that two children died in the stabbing attack. While around 25 children, aged 6 to 11, took part in the workshop according to local media, law enforcement said nine other children were killed. injured as well as two adults, who were in critical condition on Monday evening. 

Terrorist track ruled out ?

"Around 11:50 a.m., we were called to a property Hart Street police have been arrested for a knife attack,' Merseyside Police confirmed to the Daily Mail earlier in the day, adding that a man had been arrested. 'Armed officers arrested a man and seized a knife. He was taken to the police station,' Merseyside Police said. police, adding that “there is no broader threat to the population.”

On Monday night, police revealed that the individual arrested was a 17-year-old boy from Banks. While the motive for the attack was not known, police confirmed that “the incident is not currently being treated as related to to terrorism and [that she was not looking for] anyone else in connection with the incident.”

Shock and tributes

Earlier in the day, several eyewitnesses claimed to have seen a man wearing a “black hood” get out of a taxi shortly before the attack on the street known as “Hart Street”, where the incident took place. Many then described the horror and especially the screams of the children as they fled into the streets.

The British Prime Minister reacted, deploring “horrible and deeply shocking news”. “My thoughts are with all those affected. “I would like to thank the police and emergency services for their rapid response,” Sir Keir Starmer also said on X. The British Home Secretary said she was “deeply concerned by the very serious incident in Southport” on the social network X.