The police chief Mersisade Serena Kennedy reported that two children were killed and 11 people, including 9 children, were injured as a result of an attack with a knife in the English city of Sautort.
Kennedy held a joint press conference with an ambulance officer by Dave Kitchin and the head of the fire and rescue service Mersisade Phil Harrigan.
According to her, the police received a message about the attack with a knife at the dance school at 11.47 local time (13.47 in Pacific). Kennedy announced that two children were killed and 9 children were injured, 6 of them were serious.
Kennedy also said that two adults also received serious injuries, and these people were injured when they tried to protect children.
noting that a 17-year-old suspect on suspicion of murder is in custody and his interrogation continues, Kennedy shared the information that the suspect was from the city of Banks in the Lankashir region, but he is from the capital of Wales Cardiff.
The police added that the victims of the attack were children who were present at the conceptual event of the American singer Taylor Swift in the dance school on Hart Street. She emphasized that the incident is not considered as a terrorist act.
– Brigades specializing in injuries
are deployed
Kitchin, in turn, said that after numerous reports of stab wounds in the region, ambulance vehicles were sent with specialized brigades.
11 The victims were assisted at the scene, all the wounded were sent to the hospitals of the region and Manchester.
According to Harrigan, brigades specializing in injuries were directed to the scene, which also work to find out if there are other victims as a result of the incident.
noting that the teams on the spot provided the necessary first aid, Harrigan said that the firefighters transferred a heavy cub from the incident, since they themselves live in this area.
– an attack with a knife in a sautport
According to the police, an attacker at noon in a sautport, located 35 kilometers from Liverpool and 70 kilometers from Manchester, wounded several people with a knife, including children.
The police, who arrived at the place after the incident in the building on Hart Street, detained the suspect with the knife.
Eyewitnesses said that among the wounded there were many children and the incident occurred at an event dedicated to the American singer Taylor Swift.
After the attack, statements with the reaction of the government followed. Prime Minister Cyrus Starmer, in a statement on his account X, said that the news from the sautport is horrified and shocking.
Starmer thanked the police and doctors who immediately arrived at the scene, and noted that he was constantly informed about the development of events.
The Minister of Internal Affairs Ivett Cooper in her message on the social network X said that she was in contact with security forces in the region and expressed full support for their work.