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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tara Cobham

Mother tells Southport Inquiry about moment she heard ‘the kids have been stabbed’

A mother whose daughter was severely injured in the Southport attack has opened up about the heartstopping moment her husband called her and said “the kids have been stabbed”.

Giving testimony at the Southport Inquiry on Monday, the woman said her two daughters, who cannot be named, were at the Taylor Swift-themed class last year when Axel Rudakubana launched his attack, seriously wounding her eldest child.

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