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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Josh Halliday North of England editor

Southport killer was discharged from mental health services six days before attack, inquiry hears

Composite image of Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King and Alice da Silva Aguiar
Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Bebe King, six, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were killed in the attack last year. Composite: Merseyside police

Axel Rudakubana was discharged from mental health services six days before he murdered three young girls and stabbed several others at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, it has emerged.

The inquiry into the atrocity was told on Wednesday that a risk assessment was undertaken on Rudakubana, then 17, a week before the attack in July last year. Its findings have not been disclosed.

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