All children taken to Liverpool hospital after Southport stabbing at Taylor Swift dance class have been discharged
ALL the children taken to Alder Hey after the Southport knife attack have now been “safely discharged home”, the children’s hospital said.
Three kids, six-year-old Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar, died following the horror incident at The Hart Space community centre last Monday (July 29).
Five other children were left in a critical condition.
Three were described as injured – with their exact conditions unknown.
They were treated in hospitals across Liverpool and Manchester.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust said: “We are really pleased to be able to share that all the children involved in last Monday’s awful incident in Southport who were under our care have now been safely discharged home from Alder Hey.
“We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in responding to the incident or caring for anyone affected by it, especially our colleagues in the NHS, Merseyside Police and North West Ambulance Service.
“We also want to say thank you to all who sent well wishes to Alder Hey and to the families affected.
“Our heartfelt sympathies remain with all those impacted by last week’s tragic events.”
Eights others were previously in serious conditions, including a yoga dance teacher Leanne Lucas and Jonathan Hayes.
Hero Leanne “bent over two girls” and took knife blows to save them, her family revealed.
She was stabbed in the arms, neck and back as she used her body to shield young girls – and is now said to be “awake” and recovering”.
Her colleague Heidi Liddle escaped uninjured after bravely locking some of the children inside a toilet.
It comes after the teenager charged with the murder of three kids was named as Axel Muganwa Rudakubana after a judge lifted reporting restrictions.
Jonathan Hayes was stabbed in the leg as he bravely tried to fend off the attacker after running into the class when he heard screams.
Terrified witnesses described the rampage as a “horror film” as the teen allegedly stabbed children at random.
The attack has sparked widespread rioting across the country – despite the local community calling for calm.
The unrest has prompted some MPs to demand Parliament is recalled so the problems can be debated in the Commons, as it was during the 2011 riots.
Downing Street criticised X owner Elon Musk for claiming “civil war is inevitable” in the UK, with officials suggesting online misinformation fuelling disorder on Britain’s streets may be being amplified by foreign state actors.
It comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer addressed the nation on Sunday amid the biggest challenge to his premiership so far, telling perpetrators they would “regret” engaging in “far-right thuggery”.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the courts are on “standby” to ensure “swift justice”.