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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andy Gregory

Starmer warns ‘terrorism has changed’ and says UK faces new threat after Southport murders

Sir Keir Starmer has warned that “terrorism has changed” and Britain faces a new kind of threat, as the prime minister addressed the nation over the Southport attack.

A public inquiry was announced on Monday into the murder of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July, after Axel Rudakubana – then aged 17 – pleaded guilty to the knife attack which sparked a wave of far right-inspired race riots across swathes of the UK.

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