Gavin Grey: UK Correspondent gives an update on the stabbing at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the UK

A nine-year-old girl has become the third child to die after a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the UK. 

Two other girls, aged six and seven, died in the attack in northwest England on Monday. 

A 17-year-old boy remains in custody accused of murder and attempted murder following the incident in Southport. 

Eight other children suffered stab wounds and five are in critical condition, alongside two adults who were critically injured. 

UK Correspondent Gavin Grey told Ryan Bridge that there is a vigil going on at the sites, with hundreds if not thousands of people attending. 

Taylor Swift herself has also commented on the situation, saying she is in total shock over the loss of life and innocence. 

Grey said that her fans have raised more than $400 thousand for the families of the victims. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
UK police continue to question that seventeen year old men
after three children were killed, seven and others lift critically
injured after a stabbing given.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Bethtol increased by one, with one of the young girls
dying in hospital this morning, and we now know the
names and ages of the three victims, a nine year old,
a seven year old and a six year old attacked
at this Taylor Swift themed event in Southport in northwest
of England. At least five children and two adults also

(00:33):
very very seriously injured. They remain in critical condition. Police
are saying it's a seventeen year old boy they believe
is arrested on suspicion of murder, and it's being reported
that the teenage suspect, whose parents are from Rwanda, was
born in Cardiff and moved to that area of Southport

(00:53):
about a decade ago. Currently, there is a vigil going
on at the site, hundreds if not thousands of people
attending there with lots of flowers marking the spot where
the attack took place. And also Taylor Swift that she's
completely in shock after the horror of the knife attack.
Her fans have raised more than four hundred thousand new
Zealand dollars for the families of the victims.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
That's just awful, Gevin, thank you for that update. That's
our UK and Europe correspondent Devin Gray with us for
more from News Talks.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
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