She Shielded 16 Kids From a Knife Attack. Now, She's Home.
A dance teacher who was stabbed while trying to protect children in the Southport knife attack has been discharged from hospital after being re-admitted as her condition deteriorated.
Former primary school teacher Leanne Lucas, 35, was critically injured after a knifeman launched an attack, which left three girls dead at Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July.
She and a colleague are said to have helped shield up to 16 innocent children from the onslaught at a dance studio in the Merseyside seaside town.
Ms Lucas has now been discharged from hospital after having been readmitted earlier this month due to breathing problems, her friends have said.
Posting on a Southport community Facebook page, her friend Ester, who has been sharing information on behalf of Ms Lucas’s family wrote: “Leanne has been discharged following further surgery and is now recovering with family and friends around her.