Chilling mugshot of Southport child-killer who’d been referred to terror cops 3 occasions
Axel Rudakubana, Southport child-killer, was referred to Prevent and Counter-terrorism police multiple times before the murders, sources claim he was ‘obsessed with genocides’
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was referred to counter-terrorism police several times prior to the July 18 Southport murders.
In official documents seen by the Liverpool Echo Rudakubana was referred to Prevent before the attack. One of these referrals were made when he was found researching terror attacks – namely the London Bridge terror attacks in 2017, whilst he was at a specialist high school in 2021.
Despite months of investigations detectives were unable to establish a reason why Rudakubana carried out the worst target attack on children since the Dunblane massacre. Reports from the Guardian state that Rudakubana had developed a deep dark interest in extreme violence.
“He was absolutely obsessed with genocides,” said one senior official. “He could name every genocide in history and how many people were killed – Rwanda, Genghis Khan, Hitler. It’s all he wanted to talk about.”
The killer, now 18, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, left Range High School in 2019 before moving to a specialist school where he sat his GCSE exams and A-Levels.
Prevent is a multi-agency taskforce task force that is spearheaded by the Counter-Terrorism Policing that is meant to stop vulnerable people from being drawn into criminal behaviour.
The Liverpool Echo understands that three of these four referrals on Rudakubana were actually received by Prevent. The Southport killings came after Rudakubana was permanently excluded from Formby’s Range High School in October 2019. After being found with a knife and hockey stick before attacking a student.
Rudakubana pleaded guilty of three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder, possession of a bladed article in a public place, production of a biological toxic, namely ricin and possession of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, namely a PDF file titled “Military Studies in Jihad Against the Tyrants: The Al-Qaeda.”
Justice Goose, speaking at the Liverpool Crown Court said: “Axel Rudakubana you can hear me I know. You have now pleaded guilty to this indictment to each of the charges upon it. The next stage is for sentence.”
“That will take place on Thursday. In the meantime you must keep in touch with your barristers, solicitors and the intermediary in order for you to receive any advice or assistance.”
“You will understand it’s inevitable that a life sentence will be imposed upon you. In the meantime, you go with the officers and be produced at the hearing at 11 o’clock on Thursday. Take him down”
