When Axel Rudakubana climbed into a taxi on 29 July 2024, the country had no clue of the horrors he was about to unleash on the town of Southport – or the resulting backlash which would see riots erupt across the UK.
Wearing a green hoodie, a surgical face mask and armed with a kitchen knife, the 17-year-old travelled five miles from his family home to the Hart Space, where he ambushed a class of girls aged between six and 11 who were starting their summer holidays at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Merseyside.
