A stabbing Monday at a children’s dance class in northwest England killed two children and wounded 11 other people, police said, and officers arrested a 17-year-old boy and seized a knife after the bloody rampage.
Chief Constable Serena Kennedy of Merseyside Police delivered the statement Monday afternoon and said two children have died as a result of injuries, nine other children have been injured, and six of them are in a critical condition, all those injured have suffered stab wounds sustained during the attack.
Constable Kennedy said the suspect was a 17-year-old male from Banks in Lancashire, who is originally from Cardiff, and he has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. The suspect has been taken to a police station where he will be interviewed by detectives.
Kennedy said at the time of statement the police did not treat the incident as a terrorist attack.
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