CCTV footage has emerged showing a masked man stalking the streets of Southport in the hours leading up to the knife attack.
The footage, obtained exclusively by ITV News, shows the person wearing a green hoodie while walking down a residential street in the Banks area of Southport.It is understood to have been just hours before three children were killed in a knife attack, with several others left with critical injuries.The children had been attending a Taylor Swift dance class in the Merseyside town when the stabbings took place.The clip is time-stamped at 11.
Officers fear further disorder on Wednesday evening and this weekend. Restrictions are in place to give officers enhanced stop and search powers and to stop the anti-social behaviour.It is unclear who instigated the riots, but reports have circulated of the involvement of far-right group the English Defence League. Deputy PM Angela Rayner hinted in an interview with LBC's Shelagh Fogarty that ministers are considering banning the group.
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