New CCTV footage shows the Southport stabbing suspect wandering down a street just hours before the fatal attack.
The stabbing took place on Monday at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club which saw Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, fatally stabbed.
Eight other children were also stabbed, with five children and two adults left in a critical condition.
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, remains in custody accused of murder and attempted murder following the incident at the dance studio in Hart Street.
The new video footage shows a person wearing a hooded green jumper and face mask calming strolling down a street of residential houses on Hoole Lane
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The new video footage shows a person wearing a hooded green jumper and face mask calming strolling down a street of residential houses on Hoole Lane.
They are spotted with their head down and hood up walking and glancing into a house at 11.11am.
Just five minutes later, he returns with his hands in his pockets.
It remains unknown where he had been in those minutes while he was out of vision.
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It is believed that a social club where drama classes for children were due to take place on Monday was just a short walk away.
A skatepark on Hesketh Avenue is also located nearby.
The same masked man was later seen pacing outside a house near Old School Close that was later raided by police.
The property is a 15 minute drive to the address of the stabbing.
The same masked man was later seen pacing outside a house near Old School Close that was later raided by police
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CCTV shows armed police arriving at the house on Old School Close.
Eyewitnesses claim two adults were taken out of the house and put into separate police cars where they were held for several hours.
It is believed that they have been taken to a safe house, according to ITV.