Southport stabbing latest: Clear-up begins after riot as public warned about sharing suspect conspiracies

Members of the community in Southport have been clearing up after suspected far-right supporters rioted and attacked a mosque following a peaceful vigil for the young victims of a brutal knife attack.

Police accused individuals who do not live in Merseyside or care about its people for using lies and disinformation around the suspect’s identity “to bring violence and disorder to our streets”, in which paramedics said 39 police officers were injured.

Police have detained a 17-year-old boy from Lancashire, born in Cardiff, after Monday’s shocking attack in which 11 children were stabbed – three fatally – in a Taylor Swift-themed dance class . The three victims have been named as Bebe King, aged 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, aged 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, aged 9.

A 10-year-old boy was among those helping to clear up the debris on Wednesday after the “horrible” and “really scary” riots broke out near his home, telling a reporter, as deputy prime minister Angela Rayner urged the public not to indulge in “disrespectful” conspiracies and let the police do their jobs.

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