A yoga teacher is believed to be one of two adults fighting for their lives in hospital after she tried to save children during the Southport stabbing.
Leanne Lucas was one of the organisers of the Taylor Swift-themed dance event at The Hart Space, where the deadly knife attack happened yesterday.
Police were called to the scene in Hart Street at 11.55am on Monday (July 29). Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said officers were "shocked" at the "ferocious" attack which had unfolded, the Liverpool ECHO reports Two children have died in the knife attack.
Nine other children were injured, six of them critically. Leanne is reportedly one of two adults who were also in a critical condition in hospital.
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