Footage shows person pacing outside house raided by armed police after Southport stabbings

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Footage has emerged of a person pacing outside a house later raided by armed police after three children were killed in a stabbing at a dance class in Southport. Follow our live blog for the latest as it happens in Southport open image in gallery An individual can be seen pacing back and forth minutes before the attack Two hero class teachers are also fighting for their lives in hospital after bravely trying to defend youngsters from the attack shortly before midday on Monday. “Our office is in the same building as the dance studio, he heard screams and went outside, saw the attacker, saw that he had hurt a child and tried to take the knife off him and got stabbed in the leg.” She said she had been with her husband all afternoon at the hospital and added: “He’s very upset that he wasn’t able to be more help. Physically he will be OK, mentally I don’t know.” open image in gallery Police were later seen raiding the home the person has been seen outside A local resident has told of a parent of one of the wounded children pulling up outside their house with their child and screaming “help my child’s been stabbed my child’s been stabbed”.