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Axel Rudakubana ordered taxi to school he was expelled from a week before attack

Rudakubana was excluded from Range High School in Formby in around 2019.

Evening Standard

Rudakubana charged over ricin and terrorist document three months after murders

Police said the Southport killings were not acts of terrorism despite the teenager possessing the biological weapon and an al Qaida document.

Evening Standard

Southport stabbing: Everything we know about attack as Axel Rudakubana handed sentence

Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to all charges at Liverpool Crown Court

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Families of the victims not in court for Southport killer’s shock change of plea

Axel Rudakubana changed his plea to guilty on the first day of his trial.

The Independent UK

Axel Rudakubana was referred to counter-extremism scheme three times

Exclusive: Teenager who has admitted murdering three young girls in Southport was first referred to Prevent in 2019

The Guardian - UK

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

The frenzied attack was described as like a scene from a disaster film when he targeted the girls while a teacher and a grandfather nearby bravely tried to defend the class

The Independent UK

UK Teen Pleads Guilty To Girls' Murder That Triggered Riots

A teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to killing three young girls in a stabbing spree last year that sparked the UK's most violent riots in a decade.

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‘It’s not what Southport is’: how a deadly attack changed a town … and a country

Ripples from Axel Rudakubana’s killing of three girls spread wide and deep, from the personal to the political

The Guardian - UK

British Teen Pleads Guilty To Murdering Three Young Girls

British teenager pleads guilty to murdering three young girls in a shocking knife attack, causing nationwide horror and riots.

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Axel Rudakubana made enough ricin to ‘kill 12,000 people’ as Met chief says attack wasn’t terrorism - latest

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley said the Southport attack which claimed the lives of three young girls was ‘not an act of terrorism’

The Independent UK

How the Southport stabbings sparked violence across the country

Within hours of his attack, posts spread on the internet which claimed the suspect was a 17-year-old asylum seeker.

Evening Standard

Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana showed violent behaviour in school

He was excluded from his secondary school for an incident involving a hockey stick, the PA news agency understands.

The Independent UK

Axel Rudakubana: a ‘ticking timebomb’ who murdered three girls in Southport

Rudakubana, an isolated teenager obsessed with genocide, carried out the worst attack on children in Britain since Dunblane

The Guardian - UK

Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty on first day of trial

The 18-year-old, of Banks, Lancashire, was due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

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Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana, 18, admits murdering three girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class

Axel Rudakubana, 18, stabbed to death Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29

The Independent UK

Southport stabbing attacker pleads guilty to murdering three girls at Taylor Swift-themed holiday class

Axel Rudakubana, 18, also pleaded guilty to 10 counts of attempted murder following the attack in summer last year

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper appeals for legal process to be allowed to 'take its course' ahead of Southport murder trial

Axel Rudakubana, 18, stands trial for the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven

The Independent UK

Yvette Cooper pleads for respect ahead of ‘deeply traumatic and distressing’ Southport trial

Home secretary urges public to let legal process take its course as ‘deeply traumatic’ case gets underway

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The Independent UK

Whole country thinking of Southport families as trial begins – Home Secretary

Axel Rudakubana, 18, is due to go on trial accused of three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.

The Independent UK

Teen goes on trial over stabbings at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer

A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer is going on trial

Evening Standard

Teenager accused of Southport knife attack to go on trial

Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, will stand trial charged with the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July.

International Business Times

Trial Into Stabbing Spree That Sparked UK Far-right Riots To Open

The trial of a teenager accused of killing three young girls in a stabbing spree last year that sparked the UK's most violent riots in a decade is set to begin Monday.

Evening Standard

Warning issued about commenting on trial of alleged Southport attacker

The Attorney General issued the warning for editors, publishers and social media users.

International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift Dance Class Stabbing: Southport Murder Suspect Refuses to Plea Ahead of January Trial

Axel Rudakubana, the prime suspect in the Southport killings of three young girls, has refused to answer the charges against him during a court appearance.