Girl, seven, ‘fought like hell’ and shielded others, parents tell Southport inquiry | Southport attack

The parents of a seven -year -old girl who was stabbed 33 times in Southport persecution explained how their daughters fought like Hell after protecting other children from the attacker.

When the girl was founded by Axel Rudakubana while trying to protect another child in Taylor Swift themed dance class last year, “disaster” was subjected to injuries.

He managed to escape, but before he managed to escape again, he was dragged back to the building by 18 -year -old child who stabbed more than 20 more times in 11 seconds.

The little girl, who once said that her parents were “completely carefree ve and loved the adventure, lost all her blood volume of her body, but she survived the two -saving operations in Alder Hey Hospital.

On Wednesday, the Southport investigation was one of the four parents who described their “living nightmare” on the first day of the evidence. The mother and father said that the victims of the attack deserve an apology and say, “No child wants to see a significant, significant change in order to ensure that his daughter never shares the experience of our daughter.”

The investigation examines the abducted opportunities to prevent the murder of six -year -old Bebe King; Elsie Dot Stancombe, ate; And Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; And the attempt to kill 10 people on July 29 last year.

Mayor Sir Adrian Fulford said on Tuesday that the investigation would examine the “wholesale failure of more than one institution to prevent one of the most terrible crimes in our country”. Rudakubana was sentenced to at least 52 years of imprisonment in January.

The mother of the seven -year -old girl, who gave evidence at the Liverpool Town Hall, said she wanted to emphasize her daughter and other children’s courage on that “scary” day.

Young, which can only be defined as C1, protected the other girls from the attacker while raining the blows with a 17 cm kitchen knife.

Sometimes his mother, who was broken to stop his tears, said: “He told me with such a clarity that he came to a moment when one of the girls could get up, put the girl’s hand in a handrail and told him to go down the stairs – and did it.”

The girl adds to her mother, “I told her that she would be good, her he added:“ It was very fast, but I helped them, I am happy to help them, Mom. ”

His mother said the investigation: “He remembers this with such a purpose and determination, as his responsibility is.”

He said that his daughter’s courage left her in “crushed and full awe ve and that the adults left to call the police at the beginning was“ an uncomfortable and frequently spoken fact ”.

He said: “When the adults left in those first moments, our daughter had to save himself. These extraordinary stories of power and courage, which are missing when we hear the other accounts of this day.”

He said that relaxing his daughter throughout the trauma was like “sucking the poison”.

The investigation is expected to receive evidence from Rudakubana’s brother Dion, who has never spoken to the public. Mersexide police Serena Kennedy’s chief officer; Interior Minister Yette Cooper; And the bosses in the Amazon were taking a knife, although the killer was the chief.

The father of a nine -year -old girl, who was stabbed three times in the back, explained how her daughter suffered from return, had difficulty in sleeping, she had a scan for potential danger and she had to close certain songs when they play on the radio ”.

He said he had a fear of loud sounds and that he felt on a different floor for his family at home. “He did not fully heal. He carries the scars of the scary day both physically and emotionally.”

The mother of another girl who escaped from the attacker, “strong, brave and beautiful” daughter is now struggling to sleep at night, he was afraid of open doors and sometimes could not go to school because of concern, instead could not be hiding under the dining table. “How will I be normal again? “

His mother said that another seven -year -old girl, known as the C8, could not be left alone and felt safe only with close family or close friends. He added that the opinion of the older children in the school uniform has become a “big trigger, because they saw a picture of Rudakubana on the front page of a national newspaper.

Anne said: “That day, my daughter and all the people there, I do not think that no one should see and I will understand the effect on it until it grows.

“I am grateful beyond the words he survived. But he changed everything he lived, saw and continued to carry.”