Axel Rudakubana: How violence-obsessed teen unleashed horror at Southport children’s dance class
2 months ago

Axel Rudakubana: How violence-obsessed teen unleashed horror at Southport children’s dance class

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to murdering three young girls Two of the girls, Bebe King, aged six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, aged seven, were declared dead shortly after, while Alice da Silva Aguiar, aged nine, later succumbed to her injuries in hospital. open image in gallery Court artist sketch of Rudakubana in the dock as he changed his plea at Liverpool Crown Court However, officials maintain the incident – which sparked a string of far-right riots and civil unrest across the country – is not being classed as a terror attack because he was not inspired by any terrorist ideology. open image in gallery Police near Rudakubana’s home in Old School Close, Banks, near Southport, the day after the murders Just a week before his attack, he booked a taxi to take him to Range High School in Formby, which reportedly expelled him in 2019, but his father stopped him from leaving. open image in gallery From left to right: Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar were murdered by Axel Rudakubana “Elsie spent every day just simply enjoying life with determination, persistence, love and kindness,” they said.

History of this topic

FBI joins Southport investigation amid reports killer wiped search history
1 month, 1 week ago
Sentence of UK teenager who killed three girls in Southport will not be reviewed
1 month, 1 week ago
Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana's case was shut down THREE times by counter-terror officials - who couldn't even spell his name right, Home Office review finds
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana will be 'No1 target' behind bars as former prisoner warns 18-year-old could face being scalded with 'prison napalm'
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana begins life sentence in Britain's toughest jail Belmarsh - home to some of nation's most infamous inmates and where prisoners will be queuing up to attack him
1 month, 3 weeks ago
It could take YEARS for police to uncover Axel Rudakubana's internet history before Southport massacre
2 months ago
The UK says the killer of 3 girls at a dance class should never be freed. But it can’t guarantee it
2 months ago
Watch: Sentencing of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana for murdering three girls at Taylor Swift dance class
2 months ago
Knives, Al-Qaeda manual, poison ricin: How Southport child killer was ‘obsessed’ with violence
2 months ago
UK: Axel Rudakubana sentenced to 52 years in jail for murdering 3 little girls in Taylor Swift dance class at Southport
2 months ago
Axel Rudakubana: Inside the courtroom where grieving families refused to be overcome by killer’s antics
2 months ago
Warning signs missed: Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s parents asked police four times for help with teen
2 months ago
UK Teen Sentenced To 50 Years In Prison For Killing 3 Girls At Children's Dance Class
2 months ago
Teenager who killed 3 girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England sentenced to over 50 years in prison
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2 months ago
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana 52-year jail term to be reviewed as families share pain and anger
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2 months ago
Axel Rudakubana likely to spend life in prison after being sentenced to 52 years for Southport murders
2 months ago
Warning signs missed: Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s parents asked police four times for help with teen
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2 months ago
‘Sadistic’ child killer likely to die behind bars after dance class murders
2 months ago
Southport stabbing: Everything we know about attack as Axel Rudakubana handed sentenced
2 months ago
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana gloated he was ‘glad they’re dead’ after murdering three children
2 months ago
The missed chances to stop Southport killer Axel Rudakubana
2 months ago
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana researched car bombs, detonators and nitric acid amid fixation with violence
2 months ago
Man who confronted Axel Rudakubana moments before Southport attack had no idea of ‘unspeakable’ horror ahead
2 months ago
Teen who killed 3 girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England faces sentencing
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2 months ago
Teen who killed 3 girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England sentenced to over 50 years
2 months ago
UK teen who killed three girls at dance class sentenced to 52 years
2 months ago
Southport murders: UK teenager jailed for minimum of 52 years
2 months ago
Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana researched self-driving car bombs: Teenager was found to be in possession of books and articles on genocide, Nazi Germany and tactics for urban warfare
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2 months ago
Man who confronted Axel Rudakubana moments before Southport attack had no idea of ‘unspeakable’ horror ahead
2 months ago
The 'devastated' Rwandan karate expert father who was helpless to stop Southport killer son Axel Rudakubana become obsessed with extreme violence - and is now in hiding with his family
2 months ago
Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to murdering three girls at Taylor Swift-themed holiday class
2 months ago
Chilling moment Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana is restrained by pupils in classroom 'as he tried to attack child he accused of bullying him'
2 months ago
UK teen pleads guilty to murder in stabbings at Taylor Swift-themed dance class
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2 months ago
How Axel Rudakubana was 'planning UK's first high school massacre' but was stopped by his dad a week before he murdered three girls in Southport rampage - as he admits murder, a terror offence and mak
2 months ago
All the chilling signs Axel Rudakubana would go on to kill - from attacking pupils with a hockey stick aged 13 to murdering three girls and harming eight others at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in S
2 months ago
Teen pleads guilty to murder in stabbings at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England
2 months ago
Southport suspect Axel Rudakubana pleads not guilty to murdering girls in dance class stabbing
3 months ago
Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings pleads not guilty to murder
3 months ago
‘Not guilty’ pleas entered for suspect over murders in UK’s Southport
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3 months ago
Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings pleads not guilty to murder
3 months ago
Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana appears in court accused of murdering three children and terror charge
4 months, 1 week ago
Southport 'killer' refuses to speak and covers his face as he appears in court: Teenager, 18, is charged with murdering three children, attempting to murder 10 others, having Al-Qaeda material and mak
4 months, 1 week ago
Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana appears in court accused of terror offence and making ricin
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Southport stabbing suspect charged with terror offence and making ricin
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Axel Rudakubana: Boy accused of Southport murders ‘starred in Doctor Who-themed BBC Children In Need advert’
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Identity of Southport stabbing suspect revealed as he appears in court accused of murdering three girls
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Why did a judge name Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana?
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Teenager charged with Southport murders named as he appears in court
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Teenage Southport murder suspect named after three children killed
7 months, 3 weeks ago

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