Pictured: Youngster victims, aged six, seven and 9, stabbed to demise in Southport by hooded knifeman who stormed Taylor Swift-themed dance class – as seven stay in a vital situation

Three youngsters stabbed to demise by a hooded knifeman who stormed a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport have been named as we speak as seven individuals together with 5 youngsters stay in a vital situation in hospital. 

Bebe King, six, was pronounced lifeless shortly after the assault, with heartbreaking pictures present her cuddling her father, Ben King.

She attended Churchtown Major College in Southport, MailOnline understands.

Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, was additionally confirmed to have died on Monday as 9 different youngsters and two grownup girls have been rushed to hospital.

Earlier as we speak, ‘completely satisfied smiley’ Alice Aguiar, 9, was named after she died in hospital within the early hours of Tuesday.

5 additional youngsters, aged between six and 11, stay in a vital situation alongside two feminine adults, amongst them hero trainer Leanne Lucas, who ‘bravely tried to guard them’. 

Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, was additionally confirmed to have died on Monday as 9 different youngsters and two grownup girls have been rushed to hospital

One other of the kids killed within the horror Southport stabbing assault was as we speak named as Alice Aguiar, 9

A tribute to ‘the misplaced angels’ sits alongside a fluffy teddy bear in a heartbreaking message for the little youngsters

A 17-year-old boy stays in custody accused of homicide and tried homicide and is being questioned following the incident in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday.

In a press release, Bebe’s household stated: ‘No phrases can describe the devastation that has hit our household as attempt to take care of the lack of our little lady Bebe.’

Churchtown Major College launched a press release this afternoon and stated: ‘Our entire Churchtown Major College group is totally heartbroken by the tragic occasions which have taken place. We stand united with all of our households and the broader Southport group throughout this extremely troublesome time.’

The household of Alice additionally paid tribute to their ‘princess’.

They stated: ‘Hold smiling and dancing such as you like to do our Princess, like we stated earlier than to you, you are all the time our princess and nobody would change that. Love from Your Hero Daddy and Mummy.’

Devastated family of Alice stated she had been taken by a ‘despicable human being.’

Her mom Alexandra Aguiar is known to be initially from Caracas in Venezuela and her dad David Aguiar is from the Portuguese island of Madeira.

Relative Carina Aguiar, a resort employee who lives in Camara de Lobos in Madeira, posted a hyperlink on her social media to information Merseyside Police had confirmed a 3rd youngster’ had died following the assault and wrote tear emojis beside it.

Earlier she posted a photograph of a black ribbon on her Fb alongside Alice’s title after writing in an emotional tribute: ‘Princess Alice. On this second of nice ache my soul hurts, my physique hurts, my thoughts hurts. I’ve a lump in my throat.

‘You have been simply an harmless youngster, a cheerful smiley lady with a shiny life forward of you which ones a despicable human being took away from you, with out pity, for no cause.’

Firefighters from Merseyside joined members of the general public in paying tribute to these killed and injured within the stabbings

Forensic officers have been seen on the scene in Southport on Tuesday as investigations start

Floral tributes pile up by the facet of the street as locals flock to share their sympathy after the tragedy

Floral tributes close to the scene in Hart Avenue, Southport, the place two youngsters died and 9 have been injured in a ‘ferocious’ knife assault

Liliana Soares wrote: ‘What an enormous tragedy. My fairly and harmless angel. Such large ache. My sincerest condolences Carina to the entire household.’

One other household pal, Henrique Drummond, wrote on social media in a direct message to Alice’s dad and mom: ‘David Aguiar, Alexandra Aguiar. Life is so merciless that an animal takes the life of youngsters, particularly our Alice. A number of power in these extraordinarily troublesome moments.’

Father John Heneghan, who led Alice Aguir’s first communion service, described her as a ‘stunning lady from a stunning household’ – including that they’d solely been to mass on Sunday morning, 24 hours earlier than the tragedy. 

Describing Alice at her First Communion, Fr Heneghan, parish priest at St Patrick’s for eight years, stated he remembered ‘little Alice’ having probably the most stunning smile, a radiant smile, when you’d say the epitome of happiness that day, she was it.’

‘We won’t make sense of it,’ he added.

Portuguese Overseas Ministry sources confirmed as we speak a Portuguese lady had died.

One stated: ‘Portugal’s Consul Common in Manchester is aiding the household, having spoken to her dad and mom, and is continuous to supply all of them the assist they want.’

Police say they aren’t in search of anybody else and don’t consider the incident is terrorism associated. 

Courageous Leanne Lucas, 35, (pictured) who organised the Taylor Swift-themed workshop, suffered stab accidents after the person entered the venue via the unlocked door, which was left open amid the scorching warmth

The native trainer saved 16 youngsters because the 25-strong class aged between six and 11, whereas 9 youngsters have been taken to hospital. One has since died, with 5 nonetheless in a vital situation

She organised the dance, yoga and bracelet making workshop in Southport with Heidi Barlow, additionally 35, a fellow dance trainer, (pictured) who marketed the occasion as being for ‘Swifties’ 

The assault occurred at a Taylor Swift-themed workshop on Hart Avenue in Southport. Police later swooped on a property in Banks, 5 miles away

The fully-booked membership for youngsters, which was marketed as a dance and yoga workshop in addition to bracelet-making, rapidly turned one thing ‘like a horror film’, witnesses to the lethal stabbings have stated. 

Locals stated the alleged knifeman arrived on the dance studio sporting a black hooded high and facemask in a taxi and obtained out with out paying.

They stated the suspect then walked into the studio via a entrance door that was unlocked for hearth security causes.

Emergency providers stated the scene was ‘horrific’ and ‘chaotic’ as they arrived on the youngsters’s membership.

Police stated the suspect, who was born in Cardiff, is from the village of Banks, simply outdoors Southport, and a street within the space was cordoned off by detectives on Monday afternoon.

All of the casualties are being handled in hospital, together with youngsters’s hospitals in Liverpool and Manchester.

On the scene as we speak, flowers and teddies have been left by the police cordon. One message in a ‘Considering Of You’ card stated ‘ideas and prayers’ are with these affected and was signed: ‘Love – Southport.’ One other stated: ‘Fly excessive with angels little ones.’ 

In a social media publish, Taylor Swift shared her horror on the ‘lack of life and innocence’ on the workshop.

She wrote: ‘The horror of yesterday’s assault in Southport is washing over me constantly, and I am simply fully in shock. 

‘The lack of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everybody who was there, the households, and first responders. 

‘These have been simply little children at a dance class. I’m at an entire loss for find out how to ever convey my sympathies to those households.’

The assault occurred at a Taylor Swift themed yoga and dance workshop

Taylor Swift stated she is ‘fully in shock’ after the ‘horror’ of the Southport knife assault 

Dwelling Secretary Yvette Cooper and Southport MP Patrick Hurley embrace as they pay tribute to these injured and killed within the horror assault

A JustGiving web page – arrange by Taylor Swift followers – has already raised greater than £100,000 to assist households affected by the tragedy and pay for the 2 funerals, with greater than 6,500 donations.

 Sir Keir Starmer as we speak opened Cupboard by acknowledging the ‘actually horrific’ occasion in Southport.

‘He stated the ideas of the entire Cupboard and the complete nation could be with those that have been attacked and their households who’re going via an unimaginable ordeal,’ the Prime Minister’s official spokesman stated.

‘He added that it was arduous to seek out phrases to precise what the grieving households and group have to be going via.’

Dwelling Secretary Yvette Cooper visited the city to put flowers on the police cordon on Hart Avenue in Southport this morning.

Ms Cooper, Southport MP Patrick Hurley, Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy, Merseyside Fireplace and Rescue Service’s Chief Fireplace Officer Phil Garrigan and Merseyside police and crime commissioner Emily Spurrell walked to the cordon collectively, every holding a bouquet of flowers.

A crew from Merseyside Fireplace and Rescue Service additionally paid tribute. A couple of dozen firefighters walked collectively to the cordon on Hart Avenue and laid flowers, with a message to say they have been ‘considering of everybody concerned’.

Dwelling Secretary Yvette Cooper pays tribute to the kid victims of the horror knife assault

An aerial view of Hart Avenue, the place a horrifying knife assault passed off simply earlier than noon

Emergency crews and forensic groups descended on the scene after 13 individuals have been stabbed

The Dwelling Secretary stood for a couple of moments wanting on the tributes earlier than laying her flowers and studying a few of the messages left by others.

She and Mr Hurley hugged. She is known to have met with first responders within the city earlier.

Chatting with the media as we speak, Southport MP Patrick Hurley stated: ‘The city is in mourning, the city is in shock this morning. The incident that passed off yesterday was uniquely horrific.

‘Southport’s a quiet seaside, coastal city. This has simply despatched shockwaves via the entire group.

‘It is a very small city, Southport, and a whole lot of households throughout the world might be impacted immediately.

‘I feel at this stage we have to simply attain out, make it possible for there is a stage of group therapeutic happening and ensure we give voice to the solidarity that individuals want proper now.’

Police screens up on the scene of the tragic stabbing incident in Hart Avenue in Southport

Southport locals have additionally rushed to go away their type phrases, with one saying their ‘ideas and prayers are with you’

Alongside the bouquets of flowers are stuffed toys for the kids, together with a panda and a rabbit

Chief Constable Serena Kennedy, of Merseyside Police, stated these injured had all suffered stab wounds within the ‘ferocious assault’.

She added: ‘We consider that the adults who have been injured have been bravely attempting to guard the kids who have been being attacked.

‘As a mum and a nana, I am unable to start to think about the ache and struggling that the households of the victims are going via at this second in time.

‘I want to ship my heartfelt condolences to them.’

Courageous Leanne Lucas, 35, who organised the yoga and bracelet making class is among the many grownup victims preventing for her life in hospital. 

The first faculty provide trainer – who now teaches youngsters’s yoga workshops – suffered stab accidents after a person entered the venue via the unlocked door, which was left open amid the scorching warmth, and began attacking youngsters.

Ms Lucas and her co-organiser and dance trainer Heidi Barlow, additionally 35, saved 16 youngsters because the 25-strong class aged between six and 11.

Ms Barlow was additionally injured within the assault, though not critically, MailOnline understands. 

Two feminine adults have been rushed to hospital after police say they ‘bravely tried to guard them’ from the assault on the Hart Area Studios on Hart Avenue. 

Ms Lucas, who’s additionally a professional main faculty trainer, is the proprietor and founding father of Enlighten, deliberate the two-hour session to coincide with the beginning of the varsity holidays.

Floral tributes close to the scene in Hart Avenue, Southport, the place two youngsters died and 9 have been injured in a ‘ferocious’ knife assault

An individual leaves flowers close to the scene in Hart Avenue, Southport, the place the occasion passed off

Law enforcement officials close to the scene in Hart Avenue, Southport, this morning following the stabbing yesterday

She was hailed as we speak by family who paid tribute to her bravery and love for her college students. 

Pauline Bennett, 64, stated: ‘She’s solely tiny, she would not have stood an opportunity in opposition to a person with a knife, however she simply needed to guard these youngsters.

‘I am unable to think about what she would have been considering when he got here via the door. All of it occurred so rapidly, she simply did what she may.

‘Her sister stayed at her bedside all night time and her dad and mom are together with her now. We’re simply hoping and praying that she’s going to be okay.

‘Leanne loves instructing youngsters, it is all she’s ever needed to do. She simply loves youngsters.

‘It is simply heartbreaking that somebody may do one thing like this.’

A former faculty pal stated: ‘To my information she organised it, she was once a main faculty trainer at an area faculty.

Ms Lucas – who taught in China and Dubai earlier than the Covid pandemic hit – is an enormous fan of Taylor Swift, her aunt stated.

A bit lady is helped as she takes flowers to go away with the road of floral tributes

North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) despatched 13 ambulances, specialised assets of its Hazardous Space Response Crew, Air Ambulance and Benefit Docs to the scene

Emergency providers rushed to the scene after studies of a stabbing spree

‘Then she got here residence in Covid and now this occurs. She went to the Taylor Swift live performance and he or she obtained an enormous poster of her for the youngsters.’

Posting a photograph of Ms Lucas on Fb, Sunshine Yoga wrote: ‘I am completely devastated. Please please pray for Leanne.

‘Leanne got here on my coaching course in December. A wonderful younger artistic lady who was so enthusiastic about serving to youngsters.

‘I simply cannot consider it. Please pray.’

Others described the information as ‘devastating’ and ‘heartbreaking’.

One Fb consumer wrote: ‘I am in shock. Considering of you Leanne and everybody concerned, love and prayers exit to you all.’

One other added: ‘Thanks to your bravery in defending your class. I pray you get to see how proud the entire city is of your actions as we speak.’

In response to Leanne’s Fb web page, she had solely not too long ago returned to the UK after a vacation in Italy that included a visit to Venice and the Dolomite Mountains.

Ms Barlow was a dance trainer at Southport Dance Academy, the place she had not too long ago taken time without work to have a child lady.

Wishing her luck final 12 months, the varsity stated: ‘We’re sending you a lot of love and hope you’re having fun with all the standard time collectively.’

Reacting to the tragic information as we speak, the academy posted on Instagram: ‘Ideas and prayers for everybody affected by as we speak’s stunning occasions. Southport collectively.’ 

Images from her social media present her celebrating marriage two years in the past and her paying tribute to her ‘attractive’ college students as her courses have been halted over lockdown.