Police arrested 17-year-old after Monday’s attack on 11 children and two adults in Merseyside town
The police have named the victims of the Southport stabbing as, from left, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, Bebe King, 6, and Alice Aguiar, 9.The police have named the victims of the Southport stabbing as, from left, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, Bebe King, 6, and Alice Aguiar, 9.
The 17-year-old, arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, is still in custody as police carry out forensic searches at a house in the village of Banks that he travelled from, and on the taxi in which he travelled to the scene. In the Commons, Yvette Cooper called for police to be given time to carry out the criminal investigation. “There will be wider questions for other days,” the home secretary said.Searches of electronic devices such as phones and laptops linked to the teenage suspect continue, and investigators will gain greater confidence that no terrorist or ideological motive played a part, once those searches are completed.
Footage captured from a house in Banks shows a man pacing repeatedly back and forth outside a property that was later cordoned off by police. The man is wearing a green hoodie and a Covid-style face mask. The teenager’s father had trained in karate for many years, and he also studied the martial art as a boy in Wales. However, those involved in the sport in Merseyside do not ever recall the boy participating once the family moved to England.
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