Taylor Swift posted a message on social media Tuesday expressing her sympathy a day after two youngsters have been killed and 6 different youngsters have been critically wounded in a stabbing assault at dance and yoga class within the U.Ok. that was themed round her music. Two adults have been additionally in essential situation on Tuesday.
“The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously, and I’m just completely in shock,” Swift wrote on social media. “The loss of life and the innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families, and first responders. These were just little kids at a dance class. I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.”
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A 17-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of tried homicide and homicide, and a knife was seized after the assault, police mentioned Monday.
By Tuesday morning, a gaggle of Taylor Swift followers had raised the equal of about $36,000 — double their fundraising purpose — to help the victims of the assault and their households, in line with CBS Information companion community BBC Information.
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The fundraising web page says the group is working with the regional Alder Hey Youngsters’s Charity, “and raising funeral funds for the two young Swifties who have tragically passed.” A variety of youngsters concerned within the assault are being handled on the Alder Hey Youngsters’s Hospital, BBC Information reported.
“The idea that those parents are going through hell right now, and the idea they had any financial stress over this breaks our hearts,” Cristina Jones, from the U.Ok. and EU Taylor Swift Fb group, instructed the BBC. “We can’t make it better in any way, but taking away some stress was definitely a priority for us.”
