2 children dead, 9 injured in UK stabbing attack at Taylor Swift-themed party

The children, aged 6 to 10, were attending a Taylor Swift-themed party when a 17-year-old started attacking them with a knife. Six of the victims remain in critical condition.

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[M.C.K.]

When media don't say the nationality of a killer.. usually... he is not British!

[rememberme]

Not allowed to speak your mind, Truth is now classed as hate speech.

[LarryGoesWest-fw]

Not terror? - come on, its ALL terror

[robertpresha]

What a evil person it takes to kill kids.A monster.

[kindredmalise]

Hate crime. Cause it takes an evil person to attack a child.

[phillipjohnson]

He was a migrant on the watch list al Ali shakati not terror my ass

[NO_CLASS_BEATS]

17 yo killing kids? Pure evil. Prayers go out to the victims and families 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[impickled]

It’s a Syrian refugee
It’s terror related

[Ben-ufst]

Channel 3 reports that the suspect is a "asylum-seeker" named Ali Al Shakati.

[DocAnaStasia]

Don’t gaslight the people. This is atrocious and needs to stop. It is most definitely a hate crime. Stop calling this depravity mental illness.

[MD-zmsn]

"Not terror related" same people arresting their opposition for "terrorism". When they say that it's 100% a migrant. They said that a few days ago after this happened to a soldier from another migrant. First thing they wanted you to know is "not terror related" while simultaneously they are PLANNING TO ARREST their opposition for the thing that these stabbings are apparently NOT. By all means though, download your approved opinions here.

[Kat-iecy]

I call bs on this. Not terror-related ? Give me a break.

[TribalThief]

"Terrorist attack" Ali Al-Shakati was his name, arrived on a dingy last year

[janiceturton]

In the last week in uk a soldier knifed on the street by a migrant. The mental health card was played. An incident where a couple of muslim brothers attacked armed police at Manchester airport and hospitalised 3 police officers. But none of police discharged their weapons, but the one cop is in big trouble for using his boot to control one of them. The Muslim brothers mates then nearly cause a riot outside a local police station, Rochdale ( google Rochdale and Muslim grooming gangs while you are here ) and a riot in Leeds with immigrants burning a bus and the police too afraid to enter the area

[sandrascott]

It was a refugee from Syria who purposefully got in a taxi to carry out the attack absolutely disgusting

[rabidLMNS]

The UK along with France have got to be one of my least favourite Muslim countries.

[marcushull]

There are lots of 30+ year old 17 year olds in the UK ... If you are English you know exactly what I mean !

[AustinSaysSo]

I'm from Liverpool and I'm hearing it was a Syrian immigrant.
The government and all those involved with them allowing this invasion should feel just as guilty as anyone right now. How many is enough before the correct action is taken on the issue?

[ateroth]

The parents of the victims will probably be jailed for demanding action against immigrants.

[jgfrjhgrz-fgkjh]

The same picture here in Germany but we are not allowed to say something against it.