Statement by TUV chairman Councillor Keith Ratcliffe:
“Yesterday’s horrific events in Southport have left the entire nation in shock. I want to assure those injured and bereaved of not just my own thoughts and prayers but those of many people across Northern Ireland.
“For anyone to be murdered or maimed in such circumstances is truly shocking but it is particularly horrendous when children are the victims.
“While details of the incident remain scant, whoever is connected in anyway for this incident must be brought to justice.”