Man held as ‘young children’ among eight stabbed near Liverpool in ‘horror movie’ scene

A local business owner said the incident in Southport was like a 'scene in a horror movie'

Emergency services at the scene on Hart Street in Southport (@ChauffeurWest/PA)

Young children are said to be among at least eight people stabbed in scenes one witness described as like a “horror movie”.

Armed police arrested a man and seized a knife after being called to the “major incident” at a property on Hart Street, in Southport, north of Liverpool, at about 11.50am on Monday.