The family of a yoga instructor, who was leading a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport when a knifeman broke in and fatally stabbed three young girls, have shared a heartbreaking update weeks after the horrifying incident. Leanne Lucas, 35, was critically injured in the attack on July 29, which necessitated life-saving surgery. The former primary school teacher sustained severe stab wounds when the attacker entered the community centre on Hart Street through a door left open due to the heat.
Tragically, three girls - Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, and Bebe King, 6 - lost their lives as a result of the attack, reports the Mirror . Earlier this month, friends of Leanne announced that she had been discharged from hospital but warned that her recovery would be long and difficult, stating she was "not out of the woods yet". However, in a distressing new development, they revealed that the 35-year-old has now been readmitted to hospital .
READ MORE: Another man charged by police over city centre protests In a post on a GoFundMe page set up to aid the yoga instructor's recovery, a friend wrote: "Unfortunately this week Leanne was readmitted to hospital due struggling with her breathing. She is waiting for an operation for another drain on her lung due to infection." "Leanne had barely begun her road to recovery.
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