RUSHES: Southport Stabbings: Merseyside multi-agency press briefing statements

Southport Stabbings: Merseyside multi-agency press briefing statements; ** WARNING CONTAINS DESCRIPTION OF GRAPHIC DETAILS ON STABBING / PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND CRIMES / DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHPORT SCENE **ENGLAND: Merseyside: INTDet Ch Insp Jason Pye (senior investigating officer, Southport stabbings) on case of Axel Rudakubana on the Southport Hart Space attack on 29 July 2024 SOT (2/4)- 'In addition to the children, he also stabbed Leanne Lucas and Jonathan Hayes, who had gone to help from next door. Outside, a mother was waiting to collect her daughter. She was sitting in the car, her car was in the car park. She heard the screaming. She saw people running from the building. She managed to grab her daughter and put her into the car. Three other little children also got into her vehicle, one of whom had bleeding from a chest injury. Alice collapsed by the side of her vehicle. At 11.46, CCTV footage shows a child trying to leave the building, only to be pulled back inside by the defendant. She was subsequently seen stumbling from the building and collapsing outside. Soon afterwards, one of the workers from the garage next door was seen to go and try and help that little child. He can be seen picking her up and walking her away. By this time, a number of people had called 999. Police Sergeant Greg Gillespie was the first officer on the scene. He arrived at 11.57 to find a large crowd of people in a state of panic. He entered the premises accompanied by Acting Police Sergeant Luke Holden. who had drawn his taser, and Police Community Support Officer Tim Parry. At the top of the stairs, they found the defendant standing over the body of little Bebe. She had visible injuries. He was still holding the knife, which was the kitchen knife he'd purchased. He was told to drop it by the officers and did so. A member of the public who had followed the police into the building, picked Bebe up and carried her outside of the building.In the studio itself, P.S. Gilles...