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Southport attack yoga teacher: 'If I didn't get out, everyone was going to die'

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Southport attack yoga teacher: 'If I didn't get out, everyone was going to die' A 13-year-old helping to run the class, whom we are calling Sarah , was seriously wounded.

Leanne Lucas and Sarah are the first survivors who escaped the room to speak publicly.

Three children were killed and ten people were injured in the attack last July .

Leanne and Heidi Liddle saved the lives of children at the Hart Space in London .

They were attacked by a knifeman who stabbed children in the workshop.

Leanne was left with life-threatening injuries and fractures to two of her vertebrae.

Sarah and Heidi were able to get children out of the building and hide in toilets.

Leanne and eight children - including Sarah - were treated for life-threatening injuries.

Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to three charges of murder and 10 of attempted murder.

He was sentenced to 52 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed because he was 17 years old when he carried out the attack.

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65

Informative language

57

Neutral language

67

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informal

Language

English

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25

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possibly offensive

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short-lived

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