TAYLOR Swift said she was “absolutely shocked” after a knife attack at a dance class celebrating the US singer’s music in Southport, England, left three children dead and others injured.
The singer wrote on Instagram “the terror of yesterday’s attack in Southport continues to haunt me, and I am in complete shock.”
“The loss of life and innocence, and the horrific trauma that it caused to everyone who was there, the families, the emergency responders,” he added. “These were just little kids in a dance class.”
The chaos has shocked Britain and left police scrambling to understand why such a devastating incident happened in a country where gun control is tight but knife crime has been described as a “national crisis.”
A 17-year-old was arrested at the scene on “suspected murder and attempted murder.”
“I am truly at a loss for how to express my sympathy to these families,” Swift wrote in her Instagram post.
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Two children died on Monday, and the following day, Merseyside Police said a third child had died.
A police statement said: “A nine-year-old girl died in hospital in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, July 30. We can confirm the children who died yesterday were girls aged six and seven.”
“Eight other children suffered stab wounds in the attack, five of whom are in critical condition. Two adults are also in critical condition after being injured during the incident.”
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Merseyside Police Chief Serena Kennedy said police understood the man entered the premises armed with a knife and began attacking children.
“We believe the injured adults were bravely trying to protect children who were being attacked,” he said at a news conference Monday evening.
King Charles III and his wife, Queen Camilla also said they were “deeply shocked” by the incident on Monday.
“My wife and I were deeply shocked to hear about the truly appalling incident in Southport,” King Charles said in a statement shared on the royal family’s official social media channels Monday.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also responded to the incident, saying in a clip shared with broadcasters that “the whole country” had been “absolutely appalled by what they saw” in Southport. (CNN/Z-3)
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