UK police question teen suspect after 2 children knifed to death

Police secure the area, where a man has been detained and a knife has been seized. Pic/AP

Police detectives on Tuesday were questioning the 17-year-old male from Cardiff arrested on suspicion of murder to try and establish the motive behind a "ferocious" stabbing attack at a children's dance workshop in Southport, north-west England, that claimed the lives of two young kids.

Merseyside Police said nine other children sustained serious injuries and two adults who were trying to protect the children were also among those hospitalised after the attack on a community centre on Hart Street. The children, believed to be aged between six and 11 years, were attending a summer holiday workshop themed around singer Taylor Swift's music.

While the motive behind the fatal stabbings remains "unclear", the police have said the attack is currently not being treated as terror-related and confirmed that the authorities are not seeking any other suspects.

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