On 29 July 2024, a mass stabbing targeting young girls occurred at the Hart Space, a dance studio in the Meols Cop area of Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old Axel Rudakubana killed three children and injured ten others at a Taylor Swift –themed yoga and dance workshop attended by 26 children.

Jan 23, 2025 · Rudakubana murdered three girls, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, and Bebe King, 6, at a Taylor Swift themed dance class in Southport in July 2024.

Jan 20, 2025 · Rudakubana was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents in 2006, and moved to Banks near Southport in 2013. He started behaving violently from Year 9 and was excluded from Range High School in Formby in ...

19 hours ago · Flowers and memorials were left near where Axel Rudakubana killed three girls and attempted to kill 10 others, in Southport, England, in August.

Jan 23, 2025 · Rudakubana also admitted 10 counts of attempted murder and possession of a kitchen knife over the attack in the Merseyside town on 29 July. Southport killer sentencing - follow live updates

Jan 23, 2025 · Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 52 years for the murder of three girls in Southport last summer. Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, was sentenced in court today after pleading guilty to the murder of three young girls, aged between six and nine, on Monday.

Jan 23, 2025 · Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana has been jailed for at least 52 years for the murder of three girls and the attempted murder of 10 more people at a dance class last July. Follow the latest.

Jan 24, 2025 · Families of two of the girls who were murdered by Axel Rudakubana and the other victims of his knife attack in Southport have told Liverpool Crown Court about the horrific impact it has had on ...

Jan 23, 2025 · As Southport Killer Is Sentenced, Court Hears of Acts of Heroism During Brutal Attack. ... Rudakubana is a British citizen who was born in Wales to parents originally from Rwanda.

Jan 20, 2025 · Axel Rudakubana, aged 18, from Banks in Lancashire has today (Monday 20 January 2025) pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to all 16 counts he was charged with. They were three charges of murder; 10 charges of attempted murder and one charge of possession of a knife - all relating to the incident at Hart Street, Southport on 29 July 2024.