At least eight people, including children, were injured in a knife attack on Monday in Southport, a seaside town near the northern English city of Liverpool, according to statements from the local police and ambulance service.

A 17-year-old male from Banks, a nearby village, was arrested in connection with the stabbings and was being questioned, according to the Merseyside Police, who oversee law enforcement in the region. They said that the attack was not being treated as related to terrorism.

A number of the injured were taken to Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, according to a statement from the North West Ambulance Service, which responded to the attack.

The stabbings took place just before noon, according to the police, who said they had been called to a property on Hart Street after receiving reports of a stabbing.

“There are a number of reported casualties and more details will be confirmed when possible,” they said in a statement. The police said they had detained a teenager and seized a knife, and they assured the public that there was “no wider threat.”

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital said in a statement that there was a “major incident” at the hospital as it dealt with the emergency response.