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Public inquiry will help community heal, says council leader

Marion Atkinson said Southport killer Axel Rudakuban’s guilty pleas had come as a relief to a community ‘still hurting and shocked’.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Southport: Axel Rudakubana’s family ‘devastated’ and living in secret location

Leaders of The Community Church said Axel Rudakubana’s father Alphonse had been a valued member of the congregation.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Rudakubana’s family ‘devastated’ and living in secret location, church says

Leaders of The Community Church said Axel Rudakubana’s father Alphonse had been a valued member of the congregation.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

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Inquiry should be free to seek answers without ‘ridiculous nonsense’ online – MP

Patrick Hurley warned that speculation by ‘public figures who should know better’ could have caused a trial over the Southport attack to collapse.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Police were called to Rudakubana’s home five times before Southport attacks, Yvette Cooper says

Multiple agencies failed to identify the ‘terrible danger’ posed by the 18-year-old, the home secretary said, announcing a new public inquiry into the murder of three girls in Southport

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Southport attack: why is so much information being published only now?

UK’s strict contempt laws restricted what could be reported about Axel Rudakubana – leading to claims of a cover-up

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

Man who confronted Axel Rudakubana moments before Southport attack had no idea of ‘unspeakable’ horror ahead

Exclusive: Colin Parry said ‘evil’ Axel Rudakubana ‘knew what he was here for’ as he relived encounter with killer

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

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Southport killer: what was known when?

Axel Rudakubana was known to agencies before carrying out the killings.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Southport killer: What was known when?

Axel Rudakubana was known to agencies before carrying out the killings.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

What is Prevent? The anti-terror unit that Golders Green attack suspect was referred to

The suspect was detained and arrested by officers in Golders Green following the suspected terror attack

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Withholding information on Southport attacker not personal decision – Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer stressed that what information could be disclosed up to now has been limited to avoid prejudicing the trial.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Terrorism laws must change in wake of Southport murders – PM

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK faces a new threat from loners radicalised by viewing extreme violent content online.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Keir Starmer vows to change terror laws to deal with lone killers

PM defends decision not to disclose Southport killer’s violent history and promises to tackle ‘new threat’ in UK

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

Southport murders: How Axel Rudakubana's horror 12 minute attack unfolded as chilling new details of knife rampage emerge

The government has launched an inquiry into whether Rudakubana could have been stopped

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Online spread of information in Southport case to be scrutinised in inquiry

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer defended the decision taken by authorities not to share information about the case earlier on.

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Starmer hints at tougher laws to block ‘tidal wave of violence’ online

Sir Keir Starmer said Southport killer Axel Rudakubana trawled the internet for extreme violent content before the atrocity.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Starmer denies ‘cover up’ over Southport killings

PM defends decision to keep Axel Rudakubana’s violent background secret, insisting it was vital to ensure he faced justice

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Keir Starmer says 'terrorism has changed' and Britain faces new threat from ‘misfits’ after Southport murders

The prime minister says UK faces new threat of extreme violence from attackers ‘fixated on extreme violence, seemingly for its own sake’

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

Southport murderer bought weapons and ricin-making equipment two years before attack

Axel Rudakubana bought items on Amazon to make lethal poison three years after he came to attention of authorities

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Britain faces new terror threat from ‘misfits’ after Southport murders – PM

Sir Keir Starmer addressed the nation on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Starmer says Southport killings must lead to ‘fundamental change’ in how state protects citizens.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the killing of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class must lead to “fundamental change” in how the British state protects citizens

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

Watch: Keir Starmer holds Downing Street press conference as inquiry announced into Southport killings

Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer held aDowning Street press conference on Tuesday (20 January) as a public inquiry was announced into the Southport killings.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 21, 2025

Keir Starmer to give statement on inquiry into Southport attack – how to watch

KEIR Starmer is to address the UK on Tuesday morning after the Government announced an inquiry into how the state failed to identify the risk posed…

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

Southport killer will be treated as a terrorist in jail, Yvette Cooper tells MPs – as it happened

Home secretary also says inquiry into the attack will cover wider threat posed by youth violence

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Southport murders LIVE: Keir Starmer denies 'cover-up' over child killer Axel Rudakubana as he says failures in case 'leap off the page'

Reform leader Nigel Farage has accused Sir Keir Starmer and the police of being part of a ‘gigantic cover up’ in the case

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