‘Absolutely shocked’: residents tell of horror after Southport stabbing attack

Witnesses say they heard screaming and saw injured children lying on the ground after attack at dance workshop

It was shortly before midday on what felt like the hottest day of the year when the sound of children playing was shattered by screams.

Girls as young as five ran in fear, some covered in blood, after their Taylor Swift dance class on the first week of the summer holidays turned into an atrocity.