Merseyside Police have cautioned people against speculating over the Taylor Swift-themed dance class, in which Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were killed. According to police, for the attack to be classed as terrorism motivation would need to be established.

A teenager accused of murdering three children in a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport has been charged with a terror offence and making a biological weapon.