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. "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 DailyMail 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.” Monday evening, law enforcement revealed that the arrested individual was a 17 year old young man from Banks. If the motivations for the attack were not known, the police nevertheless confirmed that the incident was not [& [was] not currently being processed. as being linked to to terrorism and [that she was not looking for] anyone else in connection with this incident. Earlier in the day, several eyewitnesses claimed to have seen a man wearing a "black hood" got out of a taxi shortly before the attack on the street named “Hart Street”, where what happened. Many then described the horror and especially the cries of the children as they fled towards the street. 
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Shock and tributes
Horrendous and deeply shocking news emerging from Southport. My thoughts are with all those affected.
I would like to thank the police and emergency services for their swift response.
I am being kept updated as the situation develops.
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) July 29, 2024
The British Prime Minister had reacted, deploring “horrible and deeply shocking news”. ;eacute;es go to everyone affected. I want à “Thank you to the police and emergency services for their quick response,” he also said. on X Sir Keir Starmer. As for the British Home Secretary, she said nothing about the matter. she said "deepéconcerned by the very serious incident that occurred at Southport", on the social network X.