Terrifying moment cops storm Taylor Swift dance class to...

THIS is the terrifying moment cops stormed a Taylor Swift-themed class to snare the Southport killer. Axel Rudakubana murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, in the Merseyside town in July last year. Rudakubana, 18, was jailed for a minimum of 52 years in January.

Image Credit: The Sun [Surveillance footage of a parking lot with two people walking, and a building labeled "Tackle Ta Is".]

He also attempted to murder eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, as well as businessman John Hayes and class instructor Leanne Lucas. New Merseyside Police footage in the BBC's Panorama programme The Southport Killer shows a member of the public leading a male officer to the building on Hart Street.

Image Credit: The Sun [CCTV footage of a police officer walking in a car park.]

Moments earlier Rudakubana had gained entry by sneaking in through an open stairwell to his right. The policeman, armed only with a baton, can be heard speaking into a radio saying: "It's all kicking off here mate. "There's a member of the public directing me into a building.".

Image Credit: The Sun [Exterior view of a building with a person holding a taser.]

He tells the witness to "wait" at the side entrance as he continues speaking to a colleague on his walkie talkie. "Ambulance is with a child on the floor not breathing," he says. "There's a male in the building. Going in to try and detain him.". But the copper is urged by the civilian not to go in before he is told he needs "a f***ing gun" as the suspect has a "knife".

Image Credit: The Sun [Mugshot of Axel Rudakubana.]

More officers arrive, including one armed with a taser, and the group can be seen storming the property. Previous footage released by police shows Rudakubana arriving at the building in the back of a taxi ready to kill. Hiding behind a surgical mask, the monster refuses to pay the driver, who repeatedly asks him: "Cash or card?".

Image Credit: The Sun [Blurry CCTV footage of a person outside Hart Space.]

He then exits the vehicle and makes his way to the community centre, where 26 innocent children had excitedly gathered for the booked-out class. Rudakubana attempts to gain entry through a large door before sneaking in through an open stairwell to his right.

Image Credit: The Sun [Person in a green hooded jacket standing outside a business center.]

Once inside, the triple killer unleashed his rampage - slashing at children and adults one-by-one. It comes as a yoga teacher who was repeatedly stabbed has described helping several children to run to safety adding she felt she had to survive in order to save those in her class.

Image Credit: The Sun [Person wearing a face mask in the backseat of a car.]

In an interview with the BBC's Panorama, Ms Lucas told the programme how she was able to get herself and several children out of the room, despite suffering stab wounds to her spine, head, ribs, lung and shoulder blade. She told the broadcaster: "(Rudakubana) opened the door and just grabbed a child. I didn't know what he was doing.

Image Credit: The Sun [Illustration of Southport massacre timeline, showing the killer's movements and the events leading to arrests.]

"He then grabbed the next child. And the next child. And then I shout: 'Who is that?'. "Then I struggle to get that part of the memory back because he moves from the girls at the table and he moves over to right next to me. "I just felt something go in my back ... and my brain just said: He's got me. So he got me and then he got me again.

Image Credit: The Sun [Young Axel Muganwa Rudakubana in school uniform.]

"But I just knew that if I didn't get out, everyone was going to die.". Ms Lucas sustained five stab wounds to her spine, head, ribs, lung and shoulder blade. Despite this, the yoga instructor and her friend, dance teacher Heidi Liddle, were able to get several children out of the room.

Image Credit: The Sun [Handout photo of Elsie Dot Stancombe, a young girl who was murdered.]

She said: "He was bigger than me and I just thought I need to get some help. So, we were shouting: 'Run', and I call 999 from the landing and ask for the police. "(I) just wanted everyone to get out of the building. "I just kept saying: 'There's children inside. There's children inside' ... My brain's going 100 miles an hour but my body won't do anything.

Image Credit: The Sun [Young girl wearing a Wicked-themed shirt.]

"And then people are asking me questions and I'm just saying: 'Go and get the children.' I just don't know what else I could've done ... You just don't feel brave when you're the adult ... "The police said we'd all be dead if me and Heidi hadn't done what we'd done, and that gives nothing for like the children who did die. Like, that doesn't take that away.".

Image Credit: The Sun [Girl in white dress standing next to illuminated cross.]

Fourteen-year-old Sarah - a fellow survivor whose identity is protected by a court order - also spoke to Panorama, telling the BBC of how she managed to fight through serious injury to lead several of the children to safety. She said: "I saw him stab a child in front of me. And then I saw the knife coming towards me and him coming towards me.

Image Credit: The Sun [Axel Rudakubana, age 11, in a promotional video, wearing a brown coat and tie.]

"And that's when I saw it go into my arm. And that's when I turned and he must have got my back, but I didn't feel it at the time, because of the adrenaline ... I remember his eyes the most, because he looked possessed and not human ... I remember seeing the girls all like huddling around the stairs.