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Police searching for motive for Southport stabbings focus on suspect’s mental health

Police searching for motive for Southport stabbings focus on suspect’s mental health



Police arrested 17-year-old after Monday’s attack on 11 children and two adults in Merseyside townPolice searching for a motive for the mass stabbings in Southport that left three children dead are increasingly focusing on the state of their suspect’s mental health or potential neurodivergence in the years before the attack, the Guardian understands.A British-born 17-year-old was arrested after a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the Merseyside seaside town was plunged into horror, with 11 children and two adults stabbed. Continue reading…



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Author : Vikram Dodd, Hannah Al-Othman and Josh Halliday

Publish date : 2024-07-30 17:56:40

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