A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting.
A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, will probably never be released, a judge ruled as he condemned the “extreme violence” of his knife attack on a dance class last year.
(Merseyside Police via AP) Tributes are seen outside the Town Hall in Southport, England, Aug. 5, 2024 after three young girls were killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club the week before. (AP Photo/Darren Staples, File) Police ...
Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana’s 52-year prison sentence is set to be reviewed amid concerns it is “unduly lenient.”
After a teenager admitted murdering three girls at a dance class, Keir Starmer said people were being radicalized into violence for its own sake and terrorism laws might need to change.
Southport's MP has endorsed a report by the children's commissioner for England that found children who rioted after the murder of three girls in the town were not motivated by far right ideologies.
A British court sentenced teen Axel Rudakubana to a record 52 years in prison, minus time served, for murdering three young girls in a frenzied stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport in July.
Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza, who spoke to some of the youngsters who were charged during the riots, said many kids' involvement was spontaneous and opportunistic
Axel Rudakubana, then 17, unleashed an attack on 30 July during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class – in the chaotic hours following the incident, misinformation began spreading online
Axel Rudakubana, an 18-year-old youth who brutally murdered three young children and seriously wounded 10 others at a Taylor Swift themed dance class on July 29, 2024 in Southport, England ...
Nigel Farage has accused Sir Keir Starmer and the police of a "gigantic cover-up" after the Southport attacker's links to terrorism were revealed.