Several Children Stabbed While Attending Taylor Swift-Themed Event

Several children were stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed event on Sunday in the United Kingdom.

A total of eleven people were stabbed, with the majority of them being children.

Two of the children died as a result of the heinous attack.

The Merseyside Police confirmed the suspect who stabbed the children was detained and, in a statement shared, “Armed police have detained a male and seized a knife.”

The police further reported the stabbing occurred at the “Taylor Swift Yoga and Dance Workshop.”

The stabbing in #Southport at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event for kids is absolutely heartbreaking. Can everyone tag @taylornation13 and @taylorswift13 in any tweets you see about this?

Let’s try and get the eight victims in hospital right now tickets to her London shows? pic.twitter.com/J8fthKf9SR

— Dylan ⸆⸉ 🫶🏻 (@thatswhen_tv) July 29, 2024

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BREAKING – Screams as children among 8 stabbed in Southport knife rampage at Taylor Swift themed event

JULY 29, 2024

EIGHT people including children have been stabbed at a Taylor Swift-themed event, witnesses say.

The youngsters were attacked in scenes… pic.twitter.com/ERnaGPlkoH

— Abhay (@AstuteGaba) July 29, 2024

Check out what Fox News reported:

At least eight people have been injured and a 17-year-old suspect is in custody following a stabbing spree in the United Kingdom that is being described by its prime minister as “deeply shocking.”

The attack unfolded around 11:50 a.m. local time in Southport, a town north of Liverpool, according to Merseyside Police, who said “armed police have detained a male and seized a knife.” In the area where the attack happened, a “Taylor Swift Yoga and Dance Workshop” catered to young children was happening, the BBC and Sky News reports.

The North West Ambulance Service said it so far has “treated eight patients with stab injuries” who were transported to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and other facilities.

The children’s hospital said in its own statement that “our Emergency Department is currently extremely busy” and that it asks parents to bring their children there only “if it is urgent.”

💔 A knife-wielding teenager rampaged through a Taylor Swift themed dance event in the Southport, UK

— 2 girls were 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 and nine others injured in this tragic attack, our thoughts & prayers are with their family pic.twitter.com/DfK7pRxhS7

— Taylor Swift Data (@spotify_swift) July 29, 2024

Per WKRG:

A teenage boy with a knife attacked a children’s dance and yoga class in northwest England on Monday, killing two children and wounding 11 other people in a “ferocious” rampage that sent bloodied children running into a street to escape the horror, police and witnesses said.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in the attack in Southport, a seaside town near Liverpool, Merseyside Police said. The motive was not clear, but police said detectives were not treating the attack as terror-related.

Nine children were wounded, six of them in critical condition. Two wounded adults who tried to protect them also were in critical condition, police said.