Emergency services were called to Hart Street late this morning
A man entered a property on a road in Southport and attacked multiple children and adults - with at least one fatality - the ECHO understands. Earlier today, Monday, July 29, a major incident was declared in Southport after a stabbing involving a 'number of casualties.' Merseyside Police were called to Hart Street at around 11.50am following reports of a stabbing and fire and ambulance services have also been in attendance.
' One woman, who lives close to Hart Street, described the terror that spread around the local area as news filtered through about the incident. She said: 'She said: 'It was about 20 past 12 I think and we heard loads of sirens and then there was a helicopter circling above. 'Then the messages started to go around the local Whatsapp groups, saying 'lock your windows, lock your doors', we were told a man was running around stabbing people.
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