A mother whose daughter was nearby during the attack says she is heartbroken for parents.
The mother of a child who was at a nursery one street away from where two children were stabbed to death and six others were critically injured has said "she cannot begin to imagine" what their parents are going through.Leanne Hassan heard of the attack on Monday while her daughter was at a nursery on nearby Poplar Street.
The 17-year-old boy, from Banks in Lancashire, has been held for questioning by police after the incident, which Merseyside Police said is not being treated as terror-related. Southport's former MP Damien Moore expressed his heartbreak at the attack in a town he said is usually associated with holidays and carefree summers.
Few people laying flowers this morning have wanted to talk, with many just shaking their heads in sorrow and disbelief.Mr Moore, who was conservative MP in Southport between 2017 and 2024 said the town was "completely shocked".
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