Meols Cop (/ˈmiːlzˈkɒp/) is a small area within the Blowick suburb, in the coastal town of Southport, Merseyside in north-western England. It is not a suburb or ward in its own right. It is not to be confused with Meols on the Wirral Peninsula. The two can be differentiated by pronunciation — Meols Cop is pronounced Meels, but Meols, Wirral is pronounced Mells.
The 2024 Southport stabbings happened in this area, in which three children were killed and ten others sustained injuries. The suspect was described as a 17 year-old black man born in Cardiff, Wales, to Christian immigrants from Rwanda. The incident led to widespread race riots primarily aimed at those from Muslim backgrounds, building on existing mainstream Islamophobia and anti-immigration sentiment.[1][2]
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