Southport killer Axel Rudakubana should have been treated as a terror threat by Prevent which 'prematurely' closed his case despite his interest in Manchester Arena attack, Home Office review finds
Daily MailThe Prevent counter-extremism programme wrongly concluded Southport killer Axel Rudakubana did not pose a serious terror threat despite sufficient evidence to the contrary, a government review found today. Security minister Dan Jarvis MP told MPs today that Rudakubana had already discussed the Manchester Arena bombing and stabbing people when Prevent 'prematurely' closed his case. He spoke as a review of his Prevent case, published by the Home Office this afternoon, concluded that counter-terrorism officers were wrong to not escalate his case as a potential terror threat. Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift themed dance class in Southport 'His engagement with an ideology was unknown and this work should have been carried out under the umbrella of Channel and the case referred to the Dovetail Channel Coordinator to complete the multiagency information gathering.
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