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Evening Standard
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Eleanor Barlow

Southport Inquiry hears of moment mother was told ‘the kids have been stabbed’

The inquiry heard impact evidence on Monday (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

A mother whose daughter was severely injured in the Southport attack has told a public inquiry of the moment her husband called her and said “the kids have been stabbed”.

The woman told the hearings her two daughters, who cannot be named, were present when Axel Rudakubana launched his attack and her eldest was seriously wounded by the 18-year-old.

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