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    Third child dies after Southport mass stabbing
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    Third child dies after Southport mass stabbing

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    3. Lunarfrog2 on

      This is heartbreaking, can’t even fathom what the parents must be going through. 5 more girls and the 2 teachers all in critical too, really hope the rest pull through.

    4. mumwifealcoholic on

      I feel sick. What is happening to our young men? Why…just why?

      I’m so heartbroken…

    5. changhyun on

      The deceased little girls were 6, 7 and 9. There are no words. I cannot even imagine what those families are going through right now.

    6. taylorhasanitch on

      He was after the little girls. What kind of person does this. Time to end male violence against women and girls.

    7. TheDarkWarriorBlake on

      I have a 9 year old, nearly 10 year old niece who is the light of my life. I can’t fathom her beginning to understand what is happening when a brutal barbarian comes in and stabs you, and how hollow the world would be without her.

      People like this make you wish we weren’t as civilized and stronger civil punishments were still on the table.

    9. SoggyMattress2 on

      Stop trying to draw some macro conclusion about young men or racial motivations to try and stop these events happening.

      They are rare as fuck. The fact it’s plastered over the news proves it’s rare.

      It’s heartbreaking, and nobody ever deserves to go through anything like this but it happens. Putting armed guards in schools or banning religions doesn’t do anything.

      These depraved mentally ill people will always exist.

    10. Working_Bowl on

      This is so horrifically awful. Those poor children, their families, the adults who ran the class and their families, the emergency services and other people who helped. Also the taxi driver.
      I have an 8 year old daughter and this just hits so hard. So utterly horrific.

    11. evil-kaweasel on

      I’ve tried to stay away from this as it honestly wants to make me bawl my eyes out. My daughter is a nine year old Swiftie, and just thinking of the loss, I would feel if it had happened to her is too much.

      I don’t even know how you can stop things like this happening. You can’t ban knives as it wouldn’t be possible. Maybe 20-year sentences for possession of those brutal ones like zombie knives, though.

      Without knowing the circumstances, I’m going to have a guess at it being someone inspired by the mass shootings in America. With guns not being easy to get hold of, the lads gone for a knife instead.

    12. Crazy_Reputation_758 on

      So heartbreaking,we don’t usually have this type of evil happen in the UK,not since the Manchester area have we had such a senseless loss of young lives.

    14. Ecstatic-Gas-6700 on

      Male violence is the problem. Black, white or purple, it’s male violence.

      Edit: it’s wild that people are downvoting this. The disconnect is dangerous.

    15. sickofsnails on

      My sadness and condolences go to the little girls still fighting for their lives, along with the families who’ve lost their daughters. It’s so heartbreaking and I hope their community supports them, the best they can.

    16. OverTheCandlestik on

      Jesus fucking Christ. The fact that it was a machete as well is horrific. It makes me sick to my core to even imagine….

    17. Willywonka5725 on

      So “mental health issues” is the excuse people are going with?

      ANYONE who drives a knife into someone, clearly has something wrong with them.

    19. piyopiyopi on

      Not a terrorist incident. Stabbing of the soldier last week is also not a terrorist incident. Just so you are all clear.

    22. Yaarmehearty on

      I get that some people have really bad things happen in their lives but I can’t fathom what would put somebody in the frame of mind to hurt a little kid. What could have happened to a 17 year old that would have their mind jump to hurting primary school aged children?!?

      It’s just so senseless, the kids who are dead, those injured and all to the others who will be traumatised. There isn’t a valid reason for it but what would be the sick reason in the young man’s head?

    23. YoYo5465 on

      This is horrific. I’m just glad we don’t live in the US where events like these are committed far more frequently and with more violence. It can sometimes help to think about how rare these types of events are, but of course that doesn’t help the families or people affected.

      I can’t help but think about how much mental health plays a part in this. There’s no excuse for committing atrocities because plenty of people are suffering without resorting to things like this. But I do think it’s a by-product of years and years failing to invest in people’s mental health, coupled with the creation and perpetuation of a culture that’s divisive, uncaring, angry, and selfish – and the causes of that are so nuanced and complicated (government, social media etc.). Then of course, there’s the incel movement that’s directly caused by people like Tate. No excuse for that either.

      Not sure what the answer is.

    24. jackinthebox1968 on

      Absolutely terrible. Tragic loss of life by one nut job that deserves the death penalty, pity it’s no more.

    25. CheesecakeExpress on

      This is devastating. These poor families and poor children. How can they process this