🚨 Footage reveals masked man pacing before knife attack

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🚨 Doorbell footage has shown a masked man pacing outside a property before yesterday’s deadly knife attack in Southport that has now claimed the lives of three children.
🚨 Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a car reported stolen from the Classic and Performance Motor Show at Hoghton Tower.
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	WATCH: Chilling video shows masked figure outside house before Southport stabbings

	Doorbell video footage shows a masked figure pacing outside a house before a deadly knife attack in Southport which left two children dead and others fighting for their lives.

WATCH: Chilling video shows masked figure outside house before Southport stabbings

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