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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Eleanor Barlow

Firms ‘did not know’ machete was in parcel delivered to Southport attacker

Three girls were killed in the attack in Hart Street, Southport (James Speakman/PA) - (PA Archive)

Three firms involved in the delivery of a machete to the Southport attacker have told a public inquiry they did not know the package contained a knife.

The blade, from website Hunting and Knives, was ordered by Axel Rudakubana, then 17, in October 2023 using a driving licence which belonged to a man aged in his 60s and living in London.

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