Ms. Heer recounted how he had traveled by taxi to Hart Area, the place a sold-out Taylor Swift-themed dance class for youngsters ages 6 to 11 was underway through the summer time break from college. Visible proof proven in courtroom, taken from CCTV footage and police-worn physique cameras, confirmed Mr. Rudakubana arriving outdoors the dance studio.
He entered the constructing and stabbed a number of youngsters in addition to Leanne Lucas, one of many lecturers who had organized the category. Moments later, screams could possibly be heard on the footage, earlier than youngsters had been seen operating from the constructing.
Some had been coated in blood and collapsed earlier than bystanders helped them.
A number of folks wept within the courtroom because the footage was proven, and a few selected to go away, overcome by emotion. The accidents suffered by Bebe King, 6, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, had been so extreme that they died contained in the constructing. Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, ran outdoors however quickly collapsed. She was taken to the hospital and died the subsequent day. Eight different youngsters and two adults, together with Ms. Lucas, had been wounded.
In an announcement learn out in courtroom, Ms. Lucas mentioned that her accidents had affected her bodily and mentally.
“I, as do the women, have scars we can’t unsee, scars we can’t transfer on from,” she mentioned, including, “To find that he had at all times got down to damage the susceptible is past understandable. For Alice, Elsie, Bebe, Heidi and the surviving women, I’m surviving for you.”
