Man held after ‘number of casualties’ injured
A man has been detained after a stabbing left a “number of casualties” with injuries, police have said.
Merseyside Police said there had been a “major incident” at a property on Hart Street in Southport at about 11:50 BST.
The force said it had received “reports of a stabbing” and armed police had “detained a male and seized a knife”.
A representative added that there was “no wider threat to the public”.
North West Ambulance Service said it had dispatched “multiple resources” to the scene.
A spokesman said on X: “We’re attending a major incident on Hart Street, Southport following reports of multiple stabbings in which we have dispatched multiple resources.
“We’re assessing the situation and working with emergency partners.”
A woman who lives nearby told the Liverpool Echo she heard sirens and a helicopter circling at about 12:20 BST.
“Then the messages started to go around the local WhatsApp groups, saying ‘lock your windows, lock your doors’, we were told a man was running around stabbing people,” she said.
“We are all absolutely terrified, panicking and sick with worry – everyone is trying to reach anyone they know in the area. I don’t know how this can happen on a Monday lunchtime.”
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