
The response to the Southport attack was an example of “bad meeting good”, a detective told the public inquiry as he praised members of the public who stepped in to help.
Neighbours and off-duty medical professionals came to the aid of injured girls who escaped the dance studio in Hart Street after Axel Rudakubana entered with a knife on July 29 last year, Detective Chief Inspector Jason Pye, the senior investigating officer, told Liverpool Town Hall on Monday.