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Teenager pleads guilty to Southport dance class murders

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Axel Rudakubana. Image – Merseyside Police.

Axel Rudakubana, the 18-year-old son of Rwandan immigrants, has admitted to murdering three young girls during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.

In a meticulously planned attack on July 29 last year, Rudakubana fatally stabbed Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Bebe King, 6, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, while injuring 10 others, including eight children, a yoga teacher, and a bystander who tried to intervene.

Ahead of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court, Rudakubana unexpectedly pleaded guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder, and terror-related offenses, sparing the victims’ families the trauma of a prolonged trial.

Prosecutors described him as remorseless, revealing that he also admitted to producing ricin and possessing an al-Qaeda training manual. Despite these admissions, police confirmed the attack was not officially classified as a “terrorist incident”.

Born in Cardiff in 2006 and raised in Banks, near Southport, Rudakubana had a history of violent behavior, including a 2019 expulsion from school for attacking a pupil.

A week before the attack, his father reportedly stopped him from returning to his former school, suspecting troubling intentions.

The tragedy has sparked widespread grief and anger, with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calling the murders a “moment of trauma for the nation” and promising a public inquiry into state failures to prevent the attack.

Rudakubana’s actions led to riots across the UK, resulting in over 1,200 arrests. His sentencing scheduled later this week.

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9 COMMENTS

  1. What the actual fluck is that in the picture. Looks totally evil. Deserves the most possible slow painful death that can be given.

    • Society must first rid itself of the corrupt political class who keep bringing this filth into our lands while they profit from it.

      Where the people fear government there is tyranny, where government fear the people there is liberty.

      Government needs to fear us once again.

  2. Belongs in Rwanda. This is everything that is wrong with immigration. Yes was born in the UK but was never going to fit in was he looking like that. No wonder he’s got a chip on his shoulder. Some cultures just are no compatible and this would be one.

    Reminds me of that Somalian nut job who tried to hijack a plane in Nelson with a knife. Not compatible in kiwi culture and shouldn’t be here in the first place.

    Of course the democrats in Amber need to stop causing wars and conflicts that would be a help.

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