At least 8 hurt, man arrested after stabbings in northwest England
At least eight people, some of them children, were injured in stabbings in northwest England on Monday, emergency services said. Police said they had detained a man and seized a knife.
Merseyside Police said officers were called at about noon to an address in Southport, near Liverpool. It noted a "major incident" but said there was no wider threat to the public. It asked people to avoid the area. Photos showed several police cars, ambulances and a fire engine behind cordon tape on a residential street.
The North West Ambulance Service said said medics treated eight people with stab injures. The injured were taken to local hospitals.
Source: Associated Press
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