Review into Axel Rudakubana will criticise Prevent for rejecting his case three times Despite following policy, counter-terrorism scheme should have accepted more help to deal with the Southport killer The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025
Stricter age checks on sales of knives online announced after Southport attack Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana used a knife that he bought from Amazon when he was still 17 to kill three girls at a dance class in July 2024. Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025
Reeves says ‘no stone should be left unturned’ in Southport public inquiry Chancellor tells Sky News social media companies have a moral duty to take down violent and harmful content as she says lessons need to be learned. The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025
No, the Southport killer’s motive is not ‘difficult to comprehend’. It’s called misogyny Axel Rudakubana didn’t target boy scouts. He targeted women and girls because they were vulnerable and easy prey The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025
Until we tackle the nihilistic rage behind terrorism, it will stay the menace of our age We need to rethink our understanding of violent attacks such as in Southport, in order to confront the deeper reasons why furious young men kill The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025
Counter-terror police did not think Southport killer Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, leaked report says Despite three Prevent referrals for Axel Rudakubana, counterterrorism police did not believe he was a radicalisation risk, a report reveals The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025
Failing to remove extreme content ‘risks other attacks’, Cooper tells tech firms The Home Secretary has written to firms including Elon Musk’s X and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta telling them to urgently review content. Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2025
Southport attacks: Police did not think Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, leaked report shows A public inquiry will be held to investigate if there were any ‘missed opportunities’ to stop Axel Rudakubana Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2025
Police did not think Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, leaked report shows The Home Secretary has already announced a public inquiry would be held to look at any ‘missed opportunities’. The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025
Prevent ‘not set up’ to stop killers like Rudakubana as UK terror threat changes Southport attacker’s lack of coherent ideology meant the counter-terrorism scheme did not see him as potential security risk, exposing the urgent need for reform The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025
Keir Starmer rules out whole life sentence for Southport killer Axel Rudakubana Though the Southport killer will likely die behind bars, critics have claimed the punishment is not severe enough The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025
Axel Rudakubana: from ‘unassuming’ schoolboy to Southport killer How a chain of events apparently beginning at school five years ago led to the murder of three girls in horrific atrocity The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025
What the papers say – January 25 Here are the biggest stories leading Saturday’s front pages. The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025
Ex-neighbour ‘says Southport killer ordered packages to other houses’ The woman believes he was ‘clearly ordering’ ingredients used to make poison ricin, the BBC reported. Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025 Prevent under review after failing to stop Southport killer, who else did they miss? Sir David Amess’ killer and the Reading terror attacker were also known to the government scheme
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025 Southport killer had NHS mental health care for four years, trust says Axel Rudakubana was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years for murdering three young girls in Southport on July 29 last year.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025 Police locked in long US legal process to access Southport killer’s online history Investigators fear it could be years before they get Axel Rudakubana’s search data which could hold vital clues
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025 The UK says the killer of 3 girls at a dance class should never be freed. But it can't guarantee it The British government says has no plans to change a law barring young people from being imprisoned for life
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025 Retrieving Rudakubana’s internet history could take years, detective says Axel Rudakubana cleared his internet history before he left to travel to The Hart Space just after 11am.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025 Talking about extreme online violence with young people: advice for parents How can parents know when children are accessing violent material and how should they discuss the risks?
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025 Met Police chief welcomes contempt of court review after Southport stabbings Sir Keir Starmer defended the decision taken by authorities not to share information about the case earlier on.
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025 Headteachers pay tribute to Southport victims Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar died in the attack by Axel Rudakubana.
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025 Why was Axel Rudakubana’s killing spree not classed as terrorism? Some have questioned why Axel Rudakubana’s brutal attack was not deemed a terrorist offence
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025 Badenoch warned that Prevent was ‘subject to heavy-handedness’ in 2015 report The Tory leader signed off a report in 2015 that suggested Prevent could alienate communities, despite criticising Labour for having the concern in its 2019 manifesto
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025 Southport murders: No 10 rejects calls to change law on whole-life sentences Downing Street says whole-life terms cannot be extended to killers under age of 18 because of international law