Taylor Swift posted a message on social media Tuesday expressing her sympathy as a third young girl died after a brutal stabbing attack at a dance and yoga class in the U.K. themed around her music. Five other children and two adults remained hospitalized in critical condition.
The Merseyside Police confirmed Tuesday that a 9-year-old girl had died of her injuries in a regional hospital a day after the attack. Two other girls, aged 6 and 7, died during the Monday attack in Southport, a coastal town in northwest England.
A 17-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and murder, and a knife was seized after the attack, police said Monday. CBS News partner network BBC News reported that the suspect was born in Cardiff, Wales and moved to the Southport area in 2013. Merseyside police clashed with protesters near the site of the attack on Tuesday where far-right protesters, some in masks, hurled bottles and stones at officers, and a police van was set on fire, the Associated Press reported.
Taylor Swift expressed her sympathies to the families of the victims in a stabbing attack in Stockport, U.K. on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024. Taylor Swift/Instagram
“The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously, and I’m just completely in shock,” Swift wrote on social media. “The loss of life and the innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families, and first responders. These were just little kids at a dance class. I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.”
Tributes to victims are left by well-wishers on July 30, 2024, in Southport, England, after a teenager armed with a knife attacked children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. Chris Furlong/Getty
The fundraising page says the group is working with the regional Alder Hey Children’s Charity, “and raising funeral funds for the two young Swifties who have tragically passed.” A number of children involved in the attack are being treated at the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, BBC News reported.
“The idea that those parents are going through hell right now, and the idea they had any financial stress over this breaks our hearts,” Cristina Jones, from the U.K. and EU Taylor Swift Facebook group, told the BBC. “We can’t make it better in any way, but taking away some stress was definitely a priority for us.”
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