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Southport yoga teacher Leanne Lucas sobs remembering how online trolls blamed her for children’s deaths

The Southport yoga teacher who helped children escape Axel Rudakubana's attack recalled being trolled online by people who falsely blamed her for the deaths.

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Southport attack dance teacher Leanne Lucas recalls desperate attempt to save children in first TV interview

A dance teacher who almost died in the Southport attack has spoken for the first time of her desperate attempts to help children get to safety, despite having been stabbed five times herself.

The Independent UK

Southport yoga teacher reveals desperate attempt to save children from knife attacker in emotional BBC interview

Speaking publicly for the first time, Leanne Lucas told BBC Panorama: ‘I just knew that if I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die’

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‘If I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die’, says Southport yoga teacher

Axel Rudakubana murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe at a Taylor Swift-themed class in Southport last year.

The Independent UK

Southport attack teacher describes desperate attempts to save children

Leanne Lucas knew if they didn’t get out, ‘everyone was going to die’

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Southport attack yoga teacher says she had to survive to save the children

Leanne Lucas suffered stab wounds to her spine, her head, her ribs, her lung and her shoulder blade.

Evening Standard

Mother of Southport victim praises community in first interview since attack

The mother of Alice da Silva Aguiar has praised the community for the support she and her husband Sergio received in the aftermath of the attack.

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Mum of Girl Killed at Taylor Swift Dance Class Reveals Chilling Call from Another Parent

A devastating tragedy unfolded on July 29 at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, leaving the local community in shock and mourning.

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Kate shares touching embrace with hero Southport yoga teacher who shielded children

Hero yoga instructor Leanne Lucas who shielded children from attack shared picture of embrace with Princess of Wales

Evening Standard

Parents remember girls killed in Southport as they look for ‘light in the dark’

The families of two of three girls murdered at a dance class in Southport have told of the moment they heard ‘something awful has happened’.

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No, the Southport killer’s motive is not ‘difficult to comprehend’. It’s called misogyny

Axel Rudakubana didn’t target boy scouts. He targeted women and girls because they were vulnerable and easy prey

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‘We hope it haunts you every day’: Southport families speak out at killer’s sentencing

Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for 52 years for the murder of three girls aged between six and nine last year

The Independent UK

‘The act of a coward’: families share pain and anger during Southport sentencing

Grieving parents and children address court, as Axel Rudakubana removed from dock after interrupting hearing

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Southport attack survivor says victims have ‘scars we cannot unsee’

Survivors of the July 29 attack spoke at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday.

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Southport attacks: Axel Rudakubana jailed for minimum of 52 years for 'evil' knife massacre at children's dance class

Rudakubana cowardly refused to come into the dock at Liverpool Crown Court when he was being sentenced by the judge

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Southport murders: How Axel Rudakubana's horror 12 minute attack unfolded as chilling new details of knife rampage emerge

The government has launched an inquiry into whether Rudakubana could have been stopped

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Horror inside summer holiday dance class

Axel Rudakubana armed himself with a large kitchen knife before heading to the Taylor Swift themed even for children.

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Axel Rudakubana made enough ricin to ‘kill 12,000 people’ as Met chief says attack wasn’t terrorism - latest

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley said the Southport attack which claimed the lives of three young girls was ‘not an act of terrorism’

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Southport dance teacher: ‘We just lost faith in the world’ after fatal attack

Leanne Lucas, who was seriously injured trying to protect children, says she plans to speak out more after trial

The Independent UK

Teacher of Southport dance class where three girls killed says she ‘lost faith in the world’ after attack

Leanne Lucas speaks pubicly for the first time since Bebe King, six, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died in knife attack

Evening Standard

Teacher who survived Southport attack says girls’ memories are ‘a driving force’

Leanne Lucas spoke publicly for the first time since the killings during a candlelit vigil in Merseyside.

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Man accused of Southport stabbings and producing ricin to face trial next year

Axel Rudakubana, 18, is accused of the murder of three young girls.

The Independent UK

Hero dance teacher who tried to save children in Southport attack released from hospital

Leanne Lucas, 35, was critically injured after a knifeman launched an attack which left three girls dead

The Independent UK

Yoga instructor who tried to save children in Southport rushed back to hospital

Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were stabbed to death at the class

Evening Standard

Recovery setback for Southport dance teacher who shielded children from knifeman

Leanne Lucas was wounded after she tried to protect two children after ushering others into a cupboard

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