Residents speak of pain following Southport attack

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Residents lay floral tributes following the knife attack on Monday in Southport which killed three children. They speak of the pain for the families of the children, and condemn the violent clashes between protesters and police that erupted outside a mosque. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00So I just wanted to come down today because these poor children, all they wanted to do

00:06was go to a dance class and it's not fair because they're the ones that have got, now

00:11they've passed and I just feel bad for the children because one of my friends knew one

00:15of them, Elsie, she went to Farnborough. So I just find it really sad and I wanted to

00:20come down here and lay some flowers. And I just think it's really sad because they don't

00:27deserve this. As long as the mob don't turn up again, that was disgusting. But they weren't

00:37Southport people. Southport people aren't like, no, they're not. Southport people wouldn't

00:43do that. Look what they did the next day, they cleaned it all up, that's Southport.

00:48It's just awful. It's a very, very sad time and I just thought I'd just come and read

00:54some of the messages and just see how much support the local people have come together

00:59to, you know. It's just a very, very sad occasion, isn't it, really.

01:06Do you live close by?

01:07Yeah, yeah, I've lived in Southport all my life, yeah. So it's just something that I've

01:10never experienced before, you know, it's just, and you see it all the time when a tragedy

01:14happens on the TV, you know, you don't expect it round here but you don't, it's just a quiet

01:18town and it's a complete shock and just a tragedy, really. It's just so heartbreaking

01:25for the families, you know, I mean, such young children, I mean, they haven't even started

01:29their lives yet, have they, so, you know, it's just very sad.

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