Riots Break Out After Stabbings at Taylor Swift-Themed Event in U.K.
Rioters have burnt police vehicles, thrown bricks and bottles at police and pelted a mosque in the town of Southport following the deadly stabbing spree that killed three children and injured eight more, including two adults at a Taylor Swift themed dance and yoga class on Monday.
The attack happened after a 17-year-old allegedly broke into the Hart Space Dance studio in Southport, U.K., during a Swift-themed yoga and dance class. The suspect then stabbed three children aged 6, 7, and 9 to death, and injured eight other children, five of whom are in critical condition, and two adults, according to a statement from the Merseyside Police.
The murders became a flash point for anti-immigration sentiment after it was revealed by neighbors of the suspect that the murderer was the son of Rwandan parents, but was born in the U.K., according to the Daily Express.