Mother of Girl Killed in Southport Attack Tells Inquiry: 'I Need to Understand How This Happened'

Mother of girl killed in Southport attack tells inquiry: 'I need to understand how this happened'

The parents of the three girls killed in the stabbing are on Monday giving impact evidence to the public inquiry. Elsie Dot Stancombe's mother Jenni said: "We are one of three families that paid the ultimate price for that day."

Mother Of Girl Killed In Southport Attack Tells Inquiry: 'I Need To Understand How This Happened' - Great Yorkshire Radio

Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar were killed when Axel Rudakubana carried out the stabbings at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July last year. The girls’ parents are on Monday giving impact evidence to the Southport Inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall, where Elsie’s mother Jenni Stancombe said: “We are one of three families that paid the ultimate price for that day.” With her husband David by…

Mother of Southport attack victim tells inquiry how her life was 'ripped apart' after stabbing rampage - and asks why children 'weren't protected'

The mother of a girl murdered in the Southport attack sobbed as she told the public inquiry that she had 'lost everything' and demanded: 'I need to understand how this happened.'