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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Croft

Counter-terror police did not think Southport killer Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, leaked report says

Axel Rudakubana has been detained for a minimum of 52 years (Merseyside Police/PA) - (PA Media)

Counterterrorism police did not believe Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was at risk of being radicalised, a leaked Home Office report has revealed.

Officers will be criticised for failing to sufficiently take into account Rudakubana’s obsession with extreme violence when it judged that he was not “in danger of being radicalised” in the Prevent learning review, the Sunday Times reported.

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