Merseyside Police in England say a 17-year-old male is in custody and will be questioned after a knife attack on a children’s dance class. Two children died of their wounds and another nine were injured.
Police and medics cordoned off the area around the attack
A 17-year-old is suspected of attacking several people with a knife early on Monday in the coastal town of Southport in northwest England, near Liverpool.
Two children died of their wounds, and nine other children were injured, six of them critically, police said. Two adults were also in critical condition, police added.
Merseyside Police said in a statement that the suspect was a 17-year-old from the nearby village of Banks, that he had been arrested and “will be questioned about the incident.”
Police also said the attack was not being treated as terror-related and that they were not seeking anyone else in connection with the crime.
They said investigations were ongoing and it was too soon to comment on a motive.
“We would urge people not to speculate while the investigation is ongoing,” police said.
