Third child dies in knife attack in UK’s Southport, police confirm

Flowers and a stuffed animal are seen behind the police cordon near the scene of the attack in Southport on July 29 [Temilade Adelaja/Reuters]

A nine-year-old girl has died following an attack in northwest England, police confirm, raising the death toll to three children from the stabbings at a yoga and dance class.

“Sadly we can confirm that a third child has passed away as a result of injuries sustained in a knife attack in Southport yesterday morning,” Merseyside police said in a statement, adding that she died in hospital on Tuesday.