00:00The families of the three young girls killed in last summer's Southport knife attack say they hope the public inquiry now underway will leave in their words no stone unturned.
00:10Alistair Silva Agria, who was nine, six-year-old Bibi King and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stankham were murdered when teenager Axel Rudakabana targeted the Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July last year.
00:22The 18-year-old, who also tried to kill ten others, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 52 years.
00:28The first stage of the inquiry, which resumed here at Liverpool Town Hall on Monday, will examine Rudakabana's background, his contact with schools, health and social care services, the criminal justice system and the government's counter-extremism programme Prevent.
00:44The question families want answered is whether there were missed chances to stop him before three young lives were lost.
00:51Their solicitor, Christopher Walker, says his clients want truth, accountability and real change.
00:57He described the attack as preventable and called this inquiry a chance to understand how and why it happened.
01:04Over the coming days, the inquiry will also hear impact statements from families of children who survived, as well as dance teachers who tried to protect them and a local businessman who was stabbed when he rushed to help.
01:15Inquiry chair Sir Adrian Fulford has already called this one of the most egregious crimes in our country's history.
01:21And while this first phase focuses on Rudakabana's past and the system's response to him, a second phase is expected to look at addressing the risk posed by young people who have a fixation with extreme violence.
01:33For the families of Alice, Bibi and Elsie, this is about ensuring their daughter's legacies are of hope and joy and about making sure no other family has to endure the same devastating loss.
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