Southport attack: ‘catastrophic’ failures by multiple agencies contributed to atrocity, public inquiry finds – live updates

Parents of Axel Rudakubana, who killed three young girls at a dance workshop in summer 2024, also blamed by inquiry Attack blamed on agencies’ failures and killer’s ‘irresponsible’ parents Rudakubana was known to the state from October 2019, when the then 13-year-old made several calls to Childline admitting to having murderous thoughts about a bully. He said he had taken a kitchen knife to school on 10 occasions. Two months later, he returned to his high school armed with a hockey stick and attacked another pupil, breaking their wrist. Police later found a knife in his backpack and arrested him on suspicion of assault and carrying a bladed article. Continue reading...