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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday and Haroon Siddique

Reality check: why has Southport attack not been declared a terrorist incident?

Flowers and a heart-shaped balloon
Flowers and balloons in Southport after the stabbings in July. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

The teenager accused of murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance club in Southport is facing new charges of possessing a terrorism handbook and producing the deadly poison ricin.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was originally charged with the murders of Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, as well as the attempted murder of 10 other people after the stabbings on 29 July.

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