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'I knew I was running for my life': How the Southport attack unfolded

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Axel Rudakubana stabbed 26 children in a Taylor Swift -themed dance class in Southport , Southport .

He was given a minimum of 52 years in prison at his sentencing on Thursday .

Details of how the attack unfolded from the perspectives of those involved were revealed to the public for the first time.

One child remembers thinking: "I don't want to die, I have got to get out of here".

Six months on, the Southport survivors are slowly rebuilding their lives.

Investigators who dealt with the case said they were staggered by their spirit and resilience.

One girl was asked if she wishes she had not been there that day : "In some ways, I wish I wasn't".

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64

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56

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informal

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English

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28

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likely offensive

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short-lived

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