Overview

• A mother told the Liverpool Town Hall hearing her daughter, identified as child C5, said she "knew she was dying" as everything went "quiet and fuzzy."
• Child C5 lost her entire blood volume at the scene, required a further 1.5 litres of donor blood at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, and was described as minutes from death.
• The mother recounted seeing her daughter run from the Taylor Swift-themed class covered in blood and later learned she had been attacked twice while trying to flee.
• Another statement credited a woman named Heidi with saving a child known as X by shielding a toilet door as the attacker tried to force entry.
• The phase one inquiry, expected to run until November, is examining Axel Rudakubana’s background and agency interactions; he murdered three girls, injured 10 people including teacher Leanne Lucas, left 16 others traumatised, and is serving a minimum 52-year sentence.