Boy, 17, charged with murders of three young girls in Southport stabbing attack

Eight other children suffered knife wounds – with five of them in a critical condition – while two adults were also critically hurt

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport.

Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were fatally stabbed on Monday when a knifeman entered the dance class on Hart Street in Southport, Merseyside.