Get here now... the kids have been stabbed

A MUM whose daughter was severely injured in the Southport attack recalled yesterday the moment her husband rang her and said: “The kids have been stabbed.”

- HOLLIE BONE

She also told the public inquiry into the atrocity that when the frantic dad finally found the girl and her sister, his youngest begged him not to let her older sibling die.

Survivors described the scene as “something from a horror movie”.

Axel Rudakubana, now 19, killed three children and injured 10 others at a dance class in July last year.

The mum of Child 6 and Child T said: “When my husband returned to collect them at first he couldn't make sense of what was happening.

“He called me, his voice urgent. The words he spoke will never leave me - 'You need to get here now. The kids have been stabbed'.

“Shock took over instantly. I couldn't make sense of the words. I went to my neighbour to drive me to the scene, it was the slowest journey to get there.

“My husband, meanwhile, had entered the building - witnessing true horror that will stay with him forever - and had been unable to locate our daughters.

“During his search he recalls time standing still, hearing screams and he then received a call from our eldest and located the girls at the neighbour's house. He relives these moments daily.