2 Children Dead, 11 People Injured in Stabbing Rampage at Dance Class in England: Police

2 Children Dead, 11 People Injured in Stabbing Rampage at Dance Class in England: Police
Police secure the area, where a man has been detained and a knife has been seized after a number of people were injured in a reported stabbing, in Southport, Merseyside, England, on July 29, 2024. James Speakman/PA via AP
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LONDON—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.

The teen was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in the stabbing in Southport, a seaside town near Liverpool, Merseyside Police said. The motive was not clear, but police said detectives were not treating the attack as terror-related.