Clashes in UK after death of 3 girls in mass stabbing
Southport, July 31
Police are prepared for further trouble in the English seaside town of Southport after violent clashes followed the deaths of three young girls in a frenzied knife attack at a dance class, the area’s top officer said on Wednesday.
A 17-year-old male is in police custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the bloody rampage on Monday at a “Taylor Swift yoga and dance workshop”, a summer vacation event for children aged 6 to 11.
More than 50 officers suffered injuries in disturbances in Southport on Tuesday night, after social media posts stoked speculation that the suspect was a radical Islamist migrant. — Reuters
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