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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

‘I’m glad I could help them, Mum’: Southport attack survivor, 7, stabbed 33 times after trying to shield friends

Parents have revealed how their seven-year-old daughter, who survived more than 33 stab wounds, crouched over to shield her friends as children were caught in a “stampede” trying to escape the Southport knife attack.

The brave girl has told her mother, “I’m glad I could help them” as she relived details of the traumatic day last July, a public inquiry into the tragedy heard.

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