Instagram/BBCSinger Taylor Swift says she is “completely shocked” by a knife attack that killed three children and injured nine others at a dance studio dedicated to her music.
Children and adults are Attacked at an event Monday, Hart Street, Southport.
The star posted on Instagram that she had “no idea” how to express her sympathy.
Her fans have raised more than £85,000 for the families of Merseyside knife attack victims.
Swift, who played for nearby Liverpool As part of her European tour in June, She said the “horror” of the attack, which killed two children, seriously injured six and injured three others, “shrouded her”.
She said the “loss of life and innocence” and the “terrible trauma caused to everyone present” left her “completely at a loss as to how to express my sympathy to these families”.
A crowdfunding page called Swifties for Southport has raised more than £85,000 for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, where many of the injured have been treated.
Organizers of the Taylor Swift UK and EU Facebook group said the money would be donated to hospital charities.
PA averageIn a statement, the organization said it was working with the hospital “to help raise funds for the families in Southport affected by the tragedy.”
The company said it was also “raising funeral funds for the two young Swifts who tragically passed away.”
They added that every donation will go to the hospital’s charity and will “help those affected at a time of great sadness”.
The attack also left two adults seriously injured.
A 17-year-old boy from Banks, Lancashire, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
Police said the motive for the attack was “still unclear” but was not considered to be terror-related.
