An inquest has been opened into the Southport stabbings which left three young girls dead at a Taylor Swift dance class.
Senior coroner for Sefton, St Helens and Knowsley, Julie Goulding, said it was "impossible to adequately articulate the devastating lifelong effects" of the attack.Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died after a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift dance party at The Hart Space in Southport on Monday, July 29.She spoke of the "truly tragic events of Monday, July 29" as she opened and adjured the case.
"Adding: "I therefore offer my deepest condolences to Elsie's, Bebe's and Alice's parents, families and friends, and those heartfelt condolences of all of my staff here at the coroner's court.
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