4 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's brother breaks silence on mass murder

Dion Rudakubana has spoken publicly for the first time about his younger brother Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three children and injured eight others in Southport

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16 h. ago Southport killer was discharged from mental health services six days before attack, inquiry hears

Chronology of Axel Rudakubana’s engagement with Camhs published and inquiry hears statement from killer’s brotherAxel Rudakubana was discharged from mental health services six days before he murdered three young girls and stabbed several others at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, it has emerged.The inquiry into the atrocity was told on Wednesday that a risk assessment was undertaken on Rudakubana, then 17, a week before the attack in July last year. Its findings have not been disclosed. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Southport killer ‘could and should have been stopped’, inquiry hears

The public inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall raises questions about role of the killer’s parents and state agencies.

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19 h. ago Southport killer’s brother asks whether attack could have been prevented

Dion Rudakubana tells inquiry his younger brother, Axel, became ‘progressively more isolated’ after school expulsion The brother of the Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has asked a public inquiry to determine whether officials could have stopped his sibling causing “the most immense pain, anguish and grief”.In his first public comments since the attack last July, Dion Rudakubana said his younger brother had become “progressively more isolated” after being expelled from school in October 2019. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Chilling update exposes just how cowardly Southport teenage killer Axel Rudakubana is

Axel Rudakubana was given a 52-year life term after admitting the murders of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine following the Southport attack

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36 h. ago Parents of Southport killer knew their son was ordering knives online before the attack, inquiry hears

Fingerprints belonging to Axel Rudakubana 's mother were discovered on packaging of the knife he used to murder three young girls at the Taylor Swift dance class.

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38 h. ago Southport killer thought to have viewed teen stabbing footage shortly before attack

‘Sobering and concerning’ that Axel Rudakubana had searched X for Australia knife attack, inquiry toldA lawyer said it was “sobering and concerning” that the Southport attacker probably viewed footage on social media of a stabbing in Australia by a teenage boy just 40 minutes before carrying out his own crimes.An inquiry is being held into the circumstances and events leading up to the attack by Axel Rudakubana, then 17, on 29 July 2024 in which he murdered three young girls and attempted to murder eight children and two adults. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Parents of Southport killer thought he had ‘gone for a walk’, inquiry hears

Counsel to the inquiry Nicholas Moss KC said the killer’s family would be a ‘significant’ topic for the inquiry.

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41 h. ago ‘Cowardly’ Southport killer targeted women and girls, inquiry hears

Axel Rudakubana’s attack on a class of young girls was ‘extremely cowardly’.

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6 d. ago 'I still have nightmares, I hear the screams, I see the blood'

One girl has told the public inquiry into the Southport attack how 'just another happy day' turned into a 'living nightmare'

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7 d. ago Terrifying moment teacher hid in toilet with child inches from Southport killer

Heidi Liddle broke down in tears and described the terrifying moment she hid from killer Axel Rudakabana to the Southport inquiry at a hearing in Liverpool Town Hall on Wednesday

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1 week ago Southport attack victim bravely speaks out and gives verdict on cowardly killer

A teenage victim who was stabbed in the arm and back during the horror Southport attack that killed three young girls has bravely spoken publicly about what happened for the first time

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1 week ago Schoolgirl victim of the Southport stabbing brands killer Axel Rudakubana a coward and declares 'that's all he's ever going to be'

The teen was stabbed three times in her arm and back during the attack last July which claimed the lives of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.

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2 w. ago Brave girl, 10, rescues younger brother from horror shark attack in Florida

The family of an eight-year-old boy who was attacked by a shark while swimming with his father and sister has issued health update after he was left fighting for his life

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3 w. ago Man beat brother to death in 'frenzied' attack then told family he was 'asleep'

Daniel Lynch brutally killed his older brother Shane Lynch in a 'sustained and brutal' attack in November last year. He was slapped with a life sentence in court today

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3 w. ago Depraved Southport killer gets TV perks back despite fears 'he'll kill someone'

The reports suggest that the triple child murderer will have his jail privileges returned in order to persuade the teen to improve his behaviour behind bars, despite previously attacking prison officers

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4 w. ago Southport killer 'wins back television and DVD player perks in prison' after hurling boiling water at a guard as bosses 'bribe him to behave'

Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana has won back privileges, including a TV and an enhanced weekly spending budget, amid claims guards are 'bribing' him to behave.

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4 w. ago Southport killer wins back prison perks after 'hurling boiling water at guard'

Axel Rudakubana is currently serving 52 years in London's Belmarsh Prison after murdering three little girls at a Taylor Swift–themed yoga and dance workshop in Southport last summer

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