2024-07-30 00:58:42
At least eight people, including children, were stabbed in the northwestern English city of Southport, local police said, after earlier today they said they had arrested a man in connection with a “major incident” in which several people were injured. , reported the Associated Press.
Police in Merseyside were called to the attack this afternoon. A police statement said there was a “major incident” but that there was no wider threat to public safety. Residents of Southport, which is not far from Liverpool, were urged to avoid the area of the attack.
EMS said eight people suffered stab wounds and were taken to local hospitals. Some of the injured have been admitted to a children’s hospital, BTA reported.
The owner of an auto parts store in the area of the incident told the AP that he believed the attacker had injured several children.
British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wrote on the X social network that she was “deeply disturbed by the extremely serious incident”.