TRIBUTES are pouring in for the three young girls who died amid the horror in Southport yesterday.
Bebe King, six, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, were killed in yesterday’s stabbing.
Tributes poured in for young Alice Aguiar earlier today.
In a tribute issued through Merseyside Police, Bebe King’s family said: “No words can describe the devastation that has hit our family as we try to deal with the loss of our little girl Bebe.”
And the family of Alice Aguiar said: “Keep smiling and dancing like you love to do our Princess, like we said before to you, you’re always our princess and no one would change that. Love from Your Hero Daddy and Mummy.”
A Merseyside Police statement said: “Their families, who are being supported by specialist officers, have issued photographs and have asked that their privacy is respected at this time.”
Heartbroken friends and family paid tribute to the youngster after she died in hospital from her injuries, saying she was killed by a “despicable human being”.
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, remains in custody accused of murder and attempted murder following the incident at the dance studio in Hart Street.
Two girls aged six and seven were identified as the first fatalities in the attack just before midday yesterday.
Eight other children suffered stab wounds and five are in a critical condition, alongside two adults who were critically injured, police said.
The fully booked club for children, which was advertised as a dance and yoga workshop, as well as bracelet-making, quickly became something “like a horror movie”, witnesses to the deadly stabbings have said.
Teacher Leanne Lucas, 35, is understood to be fighting for her life in hospital after “bravely trying to protect” kids at the Hart Space Studios.
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