The teenager held over the Southport stabbings was an ‘introvert’ who lived in a nearby village with his ‘nice family’, who had moved to the UK from Rwanda.
The 17-year-old boy was born in Cardiff after his family moved from the African nation – then moved north to Merseyside about ten years ago.
He remains in custody accused of murder and attempted murder and is being questioned following the incident.
Merseyside police said Tuesday that a third girl, aged nine, had died in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The two girls who died yesterday were aged six and seven, a spokesperson added.
Eight other children were injured with five of them – aged between six and 11 – in a critical condition alongside two female adults who ‘bravely tried to protect them’.
The suspect’s former neighbours said they were ‘shocked’ and ‘saddened’ to learn the teenager had been arrested over the horror knife attack as he comes from such a ‘nice family’.
As a youngster he trained in karate with his father doing classes with Sensei Chico Mbakwe, 79, at St Cadoc’s church hall in Llanrumney – a suburb of the Welsh capital.
