It was like a scene from a horror movie

Two kids killed in. Locals tell of bloodshed

- PAUL BYRNE, HOLLIE BONE and LUCY THORNTON

NEIGHBOURS have told how they rushed to help blood-soaked children after the excitement of a dance workshop was shattered by a horrific knife rampage.

Two youngsters died in the mayhem and nine others were hurt, six critically. Two adults were also badly injured as they desperately tried to protect the kids aged 11-16.1 À boy aged 17 was last night in custody after being arrested by armed officers on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

The bloodshed began when a knifeman burst into the Taylor Swiftthemed dance workshop at around 11.45am yesterday.

Moments later shocked residents heard terrified screams coming from inside and outside the building.

One, Colin Parry, the owner of a nearby body repairs shop, called the police. He said: "It is like a scene from a horror movie. Everyone was trying to save the young kids."

TEARS

Deborah Parker, 57, who lives a few hundred yards from the centre, said she heard a woman screaming and ran outside her home to find a young mum with her daughter, aged about 10, both soaked in blood.

Fighting back tears, she said: "It had only just happened. I was opening the windows and a police car sped past.

"The lady was parked on the corner screaming, "Help me, help me.

"I ran over, she was covered in blood, the mum. Her daughter was slumped in the passenger seat.

"She had gone to the children's club to pick her up and she came out saying, 'Mum, I've been stabbed.

"Her mother had bundled her in the car and just sped away because she did not know what was happening, "I was saying, 'How has this happened' and she didn't know because her daughter couldn't speak.

All she could say was she had been stabbed.

We were desperately trying to get hold of an ambulance. It was horrendous. We should have done more. None of us knew what to do.