Taylor Swift met two young girls during her Wembley performance who were injured in the Southport knife attack.
The 34-year-old Shake It Off singer invited the two young girls backstage and posed for photos before one of her record-breaking shows last weekend.
Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were killed during a Swift-themed dance class on July 29, while 10 others were injured.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, was charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.
Swift reportedly contacted relatives of the Southport stabbing victim before taking the Wembley stage on Thursday was called ‘the most difficult concert of her career’ after the murders.
Taylor Swift met two young girls during her Wembley performance who were injured in the Southport knife attack
Taylor Swift reportedly contacted the families of the Southport stabbing victim before taking the stage at Wembley Stadium last week
As she took to the stage – in the UK for the first time since the tragedy – she appeared overwhelmed as she welcomed 92,000 fans to the final European leg of her Era’s World Tour.
Although she did not explicitly mention the stabbing, the three innocent victims were said to have been on Swift’s mind. Swift was said to have been “shocked to her very core” by the incident.
“Taylor may not have spoken about Elsie Dot, Alice and Bebe on stage, but she has reached out to their families,” the insider said. “It’s something that’s weighing heavily on her mind.”
After the tragedy, Swift said she was “at no point in knowing what to do” due to the devastating attack.
“The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is still overwhelming me and I’m just in complete shock,” the singer said after the incident.
Alice da Silva Aguiar on the day she died next to a cardboard cutout of Taylor Swift – she was ready to go to dance class
Elise Dot, aged seven, was one of the victims of the stabbing in Southport which took place on 29 July
Bebe King, six, was also killed while attending Swift’s dance class
‘The loss of life and innocence and the terrible trauma that everyone who was there, the families, suffered, the first reaction.
“These were just little kids at a dance class. I really don’t know how I can ever express my condolences to these families.”
Just days later, Swift was forced to cancel three performances in Vienna after police uncovered a foiled ISIS terror plot.
Swift has not yet publicly commented on the attempted attack, but insiders say she was “shocked.”