Flowers and toys are placed on the junction of Tithebarn Road and Hart Street in Southport after three girls killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club on Monday. — AP
LONDON: Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false name of a supposed suspect was circulating on social media. Hours after that, violent protesters were clashing with police outside a nearby mosque - the first of several violent protests in across England.
Police say the name was fake, as were rumours that the 17-year-old suspect was an asylum-seeker who had recently arrived in Britain. The suspect charged with murder and attempted murder was named Thursday as Axel Rudakubana, born in the UK to Rwandan parents.
