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Loners, misfits and the shadow of Southport

Letters: A reader with an autistic son responds to letters about Axel Rudakubana, while Peter Lowe suggests ways of restricting the sale and lethality of knives

The Guardian - UK

After Southport, Westminster is floundering. It should look to Idris Elba

The Home Office has some good ideas, but a documentary on knife crime by the actor offers the template for a new approach, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

No easy answers in the aftermath of Southport

Letters: It’s not possible to predict horrific acts, writes Stephen Smith while Dr Simon Price points out that people with mental illness often don’t seek help, and Bill Nightingale says we should fix our mental health services

The Guardian - UK

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Southport attacks: why the UK needs a unified approach to all violent attacks on the public

The conviction of Axel Rudakubana for the murder of three young girls in Southport has prompted many questions about how the UK handles violence without a clear ideological motive. This case has also shown up the confusion in this area, and made clear the need for a basic reframing of…

The Conversation

Southport attack: families not told for six months about killer’s Prevent referrals

Police knew Axel Rudakubana had been referred three times after his arrest last July

The Guardian - UK

Punishment more important than extremism definition – Southport families’ lawyer

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, were murdered by Axel Rudakubana last summer.

Evening Standard

Young people who joined in summer race riots should have records wiped clean, children’s commissioner says

It comes after a new report concluded that young people took part in the riots because they ‘looked fun’ - not because they held anti-migrant or racist views

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Southport killer could ‘one day walk free amongst us’, says peer

Conservative peer Lord Davies called for a review on sentencing to allow whole-life orders to be given to under-18s.

Evening Standard

Government engaging with Southport families ahead of Prevent learning review

The Sunday Times reported at the weekend that the Prevent learning review will criticise counterterrorism officers.

Evening Standard

Review into Axel Rudakubana will criticise Prevent for rejecting his case three times

Despite following policy, counter-terrorism scheme should have accepted more help to deal with the Southport killer

The Guardian - UK

Kemi Badenoch blames social integration for deadly Southport attack

Watch the moment leader of the conservative party Kemi Badenoch blamed “social integration” for the deadly southport attack.

The Independent UK

Stricter age checks on sales of knives online announced after Southport attack

Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana used a knife that he bought from Amazon when he was still 17 to kill three girls at a dance class in July 2024.

Evening Standard

Reeves says ‘no stone should be left unturned’ in Southport public inquiry

Chancellor tells Sky News social media companies have a moral duty to take down violent and harmful content as she says lessons need to be learned.

The Independent UK

No, the Southport killer’s motive is not ‘difficult to comprehend’. It’s called misogyny

Axel Rudakubana didn’t target boy scouts. He targeted women and girls because they were vulnerable and easy prey

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The Guardian - UK

Until we tackle the nihilistic rage behind terrorism, it will stay the menace of our age

We need to rethink our understanding of violent attacks such as in Southport, in order to confront the deeper reasons why furious young men kill

The Independent UK

Counter-terror police did not think Southport killer Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, leaked report says

Despite three Prevent referrals for Axel Rudakubana, counterterrorism police did not believe he was a radicalisation risk, a report reveals

The Guardian - UK

For the record

The Independent UK

Police did not think Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, leaked report shows

The Home Secretary has already announced a public inquiry would be held to look at any ‘missed opportunities’.

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Evening Standard

Southport attacks: Police did not think Axel Rudakubana would be radicalised, leaked report shows

A public inquiry will be held to investigate if there were any ‘missed opportunities’ to stop Axel Rudakubana

The Guardian - UK

Prevent ‘not set up’ to stop killers like Rudakubana as UK terror threat changes

Southport attacker’s lack of coherent ideology meant the counter-terrorism scheme did not see him as potential security risk, exposing the urgent need for reform

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer rules out whole life sentence for Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

Though the Southport killer will likely die behind bars, critics have claimed the punishment is not severe enough

The Guardian - UK

Axel Rudakubana: from ‘unassuming’ schoolboy to Southport killer

How a chain of events apparently beginning at school five years ago led to the murder of three girls in horrific atrocity

Evening Standard

Ex-neighbour ‘says Southport killer ordered packages to other houses’

The woman believes he was ‘clearly ordering’ ingredients used to make poison ricin, the BBC reported.

The Independent UK

Prevent under review after failing to stop Southport killer, who else did they miss?

Sir David Amess’ killer and the Reading terror attacker were also known to the government scheme

Evening Standard

Southport killer had NHS mental health care for four years, trust says

Axel Rudakubana was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years for murdering three young girls in Southport on July 29 last year.

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