At least one dead after children among eight hurt in stabbing rampage

One person has died while others have been taken to hospital following a stabbing rampage in Southport, Merseyside.

A ‘critical incident’ has been declared after eight people have been taken to hospitals across the area.

Emergency services are responding to the incident in Hart Street, Southport, and were called at 12pm today.

It is understood this happened at a yoga dance class that was held on the road.

Eyewitnesses described seeing ‘a man stabbing young children’ and armed police have detained a man and seized a knife.

Photos of the road show police cars, fire engines, and people outside a pub and there are reports that residents have ‘locked doors and windows’.

A worker at the Bridge Café the road is on told Metro: ‘I’ve been told that a man went into a Yoga studio and stabbed a number of really young children.

‘I’ve got no idea why anyone would do this, or why someone would do this.

‘I feel sick, there was a class on apparently and he just walked in with a knife.

‘You hear about these things happening in America but you just never ever think that something like this would happen in this country.’

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