17-year-old charged with murder of 3 girls in UK knife attack
AFP | Southport, United Kingdom
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A 17-year-old male was charged yesterday with the murder of three girls and the attempted murder of 10 more people in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, UK prosecutors said.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had authorised Merseyside Police to charge the suspect with three counts of murder over the deaths of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine. The suspect will appear at court in Liverpool, in northwest England, on Thursday. The town of Southport, where Monday's tragedy unfolded, was still reeling from the attack, and from violent clashes that broke out on Tuesday.
Bottles were thrown at police officers and several people were arrested at the rally, which police blamed on supporters of the far-right English Defence League (EDL), who it said had traveled from outside the seaside town near Liverpool. A 100-strong group attacked police and properties, throwing bricks at a mosque and setting vehicles and other objects on fire.
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