UK authorities did not address ‘high degree of risk’ from Southport killer, report finds

Public inquiry into 2024 attack identifies ‘critical failures’ in information-sharing about Axel Rudakubana

UK murder of 3 young girls should have been prevented, says inquiry

The murders of three young girls ⁠at a Taylor ⁠Swift-themed dance event in Britain in ⁠2024 should have been prevented, but there was a “fundamental failure” by state bodies to recognise the risk the killer posed, a public inquiry concluded on Monday. Teenager Axel Rudakubana launched the ‌frenzied knife attack at the summer holiday event in Southport, northern England, on July 29, 2024, in what Prime Minister Keir Starmer called “a devastating moment” in British history. He was jailed for at...

By Reuters