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.
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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.
