On July 29, two young girls—Bebe King, 6, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7—were killed in a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, England. By the following morning, a third girl, Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, succumbed to her injuries. Eight other children and two adults also were critically injured.
Annalise DeVries is an associate professor of history at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, who focuses on the modern Middle East, nationalism, and women's political history.
