UK police hurt in clashes after deadly stabbing attack

UK POLICE HURT IN CLASHES: A police officer places flowers, given by residents, behind the police cordon near the scene of a stabbing incident in Southport, Britain. Dozens of British police officers suffered injuries in violent clashes in an English seaside town late on Tuesday after three young girls were killed a day earlier in a violent stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event.

Police vans were set on fire in Southport and protesters hurled bricks at both officers and at cars parked at a mosque, following speculation and unverified posts on social media that the suspect behind the attack was a Muslim and a migrant. As well as killing three girls aged six to nine, Monday's horrific incident in the normally quiet town in northwest England saw eight other children stabbed. Five remain in a critical condition in the hospital, along with two adults who tried to protect them.

- REUTERS