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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin and Andy Gregory

Southport stabbing attacker pleads guilty to murdering three girls at Taylor Swift-themed holiday class

A teenager has admitted to murdering three children in a “meticulously planned” mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport which sparked widespread riots.

Axel Rudakubana, aged 18, also pleaded guilty to 10 charges of attempted murder following the frenzied knife attack which shocked the nation last summer, as well as producing the deadly poison ricin and possession of a document which contained al-Qaeda training material.

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