The UK teen accused of fatally stabbing three little girls and wounding 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed event was identified for the first time Thursday as Axel Rudakubana.
Rudakubana, 17, is charged with the murders of Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alive Dasilva Auiar, 9, as well as the attempted murder of eight other children, a dance teacher, and a businessman.
Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary said that despite not being an adult, the boy can be named because he will turn 18 next week.
Southport suspect, 17, has benn named as Axel Rudakubana.Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor Ursula Doyle, left, and Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy announce that a 17-year-old boy was charged with the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed party on Aug. 1, 2024. APElsie Dot Stancombe, 7, Bebe King, 6, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, died from their injuries. via REUTERSPeople attend a vigil for the victims of the knife attack in Southport on July 30, 2024. REUTERSFootage captured a masked figure pacing outside a house that was raided in Southport after the knife attack. ITV NewsA few hundred protesters hurled beer cans and flares near British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s residence in Downing Street in central London on Wednesday evening. AFP via Getty ImagesFar-right demonstrators have launched several violent protests, ostensibly in response to the attack, clashing with police outside a mosque in Southport on Tuesday. News Licensing / MEGARiot police stand near a fire during a protest in Southport following the fatal stabbings. Getty Images
Police have not disclosed a motive for the crime, but the charges revealed that the alleged murder weapon was a kitchen knife with a curved blade.
Rudakubana appeared at the Liverpool City Magistrates’ Court for just five minutes on Thursday.
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