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The Southport Killer Was Fixated on Extreme Violence. But Was it Terrorism?

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The Southport Killer Was Fixated on Extreme Violence. But Was it Terrorism?

On Oct. 4, 2019, a 13-year-old British boy called a child welfare hotline from his home in Banks, a village in northwest England, and asked: “What should I do if I want to kill somebody?” The teenager, Axel Rudakubana, said that he had started taking a knife to school because he was being bullied. After … Read more

U.K. Teenager Who Killed 3 Girls in Southport Stabbing to Be Sentenced Today

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U.K. Teenager Who Killed 3 Girls in Southport Stabbing to Be Sentenced Today

The teenager who killed three young girls and wounded 10 other people in a knife attack on a dance class in Southport, England, last summer will be sentenced on Thursday. Judge Julian Goose, who is presiding over the case, told the attacker, Axel Rudakubana, 18, that a life sentence equivalent would be inevitable after he … Read more