Axel Rudakubana, an 18-year-old, confessed to stabbing three young girls to death and injuring 10 others at a dance class in 2024. He had a violent history and was obsessed with death and violence.

Murderer Axel Rudakubana used the false names "Simon" and "Al Rud" to evade detection when carrying out his sickening murder plans. Rudakubana, 18 and of Banks in Lancashire, was due to go on ...

Southport serial killer Axel Rudakubana had a knife crime awareness course three years before he took a blade to stab 11 children, three fatally, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance club. Lancashire ...

The family of Axel Rudakubana are “devastated” following his knife attack on a Southport holiday club, the church attended by his father has said. The 18-year-old, of Banks, Lancashire, killed ...

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Axel Rudakubana's face was revealed to the world yesterday when he admitted the murders of three girls. The 18-year-old, of Banks in West Lancashire, was due to go on trial this morning accused of ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the failure of state institutions in the case of child-killer Axel Rudakubana “frankly leaps off the page”. The 18-year-old pleaded guilty on Monday to ...

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana admitted carrying a knife more than 10 times but was still able to buy a blade on Amazon, the home secretary has said. Yvette Cooper said public bodies "completely ...

Keir Starmer has admitted the failure of the state to stop the Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana "leaps off the page" but has strongly hit back at accusations of a cover-up. Rudakubana ...

Axel Rudakubana is responsible for 'one of the most barbaric crimes in our country's history', Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the Commons as she set out details for the public inquiry into the ...