Southport's floral tributes to:- Elsie, Alice, Bebe

ON Monday, 29 July 2024 3 innocent girls:- Bebe King aged 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe aged 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar aged 9, all lost their lives at a Taylor Swift themed dance and yoga event. 9 others were also injured and were in critical condition following the mass stabbing.

Over that day and over the following week hundreds of flowers and balloons began to be left at the crime sense and in front of The Atkinson Arts Centre, where the town held 2 vigils. This footage shows some of the flowers, toys, balloons and chalk drawings that had been left outside The Atkinson, by family and friends of those affected by the attack, along with members of the local community.



We are informed that all the other injured children, apart from 1, have been discharged from Hospital, as hundreds attend this peaceful vigil. Please remember to give them and their family and friends space to recover.

Our thoughts are also with yoga instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes, and their families and friends.

If you are struggling in connection with this traumatic incident, please contact Victim Support who are independent charity, dedicated to helping victims of crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. You can contact them for free by calling on:- 08081689111, or going to their website.

The suspect in the Southport stabbings has been named as Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, 17, after restrictions preventing him from being identified were lifted. He remains in custody accused of murder and attempted murder following the incident in Hart Street, Southport.

The people of Southport will not forget Elsie, Alice and Bebe.

Our thoughts continue to be with the families who have suffered profound loss and our community that has been heavily affected by this tragedy.

For those of you who do not know... Southport a small English seaside Town, located within the North of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton. The Town lies on the Irish Sea coast on the Mersey Coastline and the Ribble estuary and is well known as a tourist destination. In 2021 census, Southport had a population of:- 94,421, making it the 11th most populous settlement in North West of England.

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