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A 17-year-old schoolgirl, tragically killed while trying to fend off a knife-wielding intruder in her family home, reportedly told her younger brother to hide under the bed in a desperate bid to protect him.

The brave teenager, described by her loved ones as "brave and beautiful", was discovered dead in her bedroom following the break-in at their residence in Cefn Fforest, near Blackwood in South Wales around 7.15am. Police were swiftly alerted and arrived on scene to find Lainie suffering from multiple stab wounds, reports the Mirror .

Her distraught grandfather revealed that Lainie instructed her eight year old brother, who witnessed the horrifying assault, to take cover under the bed. Lainie courageously tried to resist the attacker, who also stabbed her mother, Rhia

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