Teenager stabbed twice in Southport attack relives 'horror film' day

A teenage girl who was stabbed twice in the Southport attack has described staring into the killer's "possessed" eyes and reliving that day "like a horror film on repeat".

- Josh Halliday

The schoolgirl, who cannot be identified, told the public inquiry into the atrocity that it must explain how knife-obsessed Axel Rudakubana was able to carry out the murders.

Giving evidence through tears at Liverpool town hall yesterday, she said: "Why wasn't he stopped? There were multiple occasions where this could've been prevented. Why did the agencies involved not speak to each other? How many others are out there like him? This can't happen again."

The girl, identified only as Child C6, is the only child witness to give evidence to the Southport inquiry.

The hearings, led by the retired senior judge Sir Adrian Fulford, are examining the failures to prevent the killing of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and the attempted murder of eight other girls and two adults on 29 July last year.