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London – Britain King Charles III He visited the English city of Southport on Tuesday to meet survivors and families of knife victims. Attack kills three young girls And 10 others were injured in Taylor Swift– A children's dance class called “Little Girl” last month. The Queen's visit came just one day after the pop icon herself met two young survivors backstage at one of her concerts in London.
King Charles arrived in Southport and was greeted by hundreds of residents of the coastal town as he visited the memorial to the victims.
“His Majesty will travel to Southport to express his continued support for those affected by the 29 July attack and subsequent riots in the city, and to thank emergency services for their continued work in serving local people,” Buckingham Palace said in an earlier statement. “The meeting will include some of the surviving children who were present at the Heart Space Community Centre and their families.”
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Three young girls, Baby King, 6, Elsie Dott Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, were killed in the attack. The stabbings shocked and ignited the country. Riots led by far-right groups The unrest was fueled by widespread misinformation on social media about the identity of the attacker in the aftermath of the attack.
There was a 17 year old male. He was arrested and faces charges. CBS News, a BBC News partner, reported that the suspect was born in Cardiff, Wales, and moved to the Southport area in 2013.
Swift met with two girls injured in the attack backstage at her concert at London's Wembley Stadium on Monday. tik tok montage Photos posted by the girls' mother, Sammi Foster, showing her daughters meeting the pop star, alongside Swift's mother, Andrea, have gone viral.
Swift met the family in the one-piece outfit that has become synonymous with her record-breaking “Eras” tour. In one photo, one of the little girls has a bandage on her forearm as she stands with the singer.
The caption for the post, which shows Swift's foster daughters, Hope and Autumn, with her, read: “I drew stars around my scars,” a reference to the lyrics of Swift's song “Cardigan.”
Swift expressed shock at the attack last month. In a statement posted to her Instagram account in July, she expressed “horror” at the “loss of life and innocence and the horrific trauma experienced by everyone who was there, the families, and the first responders.”
“These were just little kids in a dance class,” the post read. “I am completely at a loss and don’t know how to express my sympathy to these families.”
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