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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Eleanor Barlow

Concerns about Southport attacker’s ‘extreme views’ raised when he was 15

Concerns Axel Rudakubana may become involved in “left-wing extremist behaviours” were raised by a support worker when he was 15, the public inquiry into the Southport attack has heard.

The teenager, who carried out the attack on the Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 2024, was recorded as speaking about the Taliban and said to have “extreme views” following involvement with Lancashire County Council’s Child and Family Wellbeing Service in 2021.

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