Police said they have detained a teenage boy in the stabbings in the town of Southport. LONDON - Armed police in Southport in North West England arrested a teenage boy with a knife Monday under suspicion of murder after two children were killed and others critically wounded in a mass stabbing at a seaside town on the first day of summer vacation, police said. Chief Constable Serena Kennedy of the Merseyside police said at a news conference that two children died of stab wounds. Another nine children were wounded, and six of those children remain in critical condition at local hospitals. Two adults were also stabbed and are in critical condition.

Source: Washington Post July 30, 2024 03:11 UTC