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What we’ve learnt about lone-actor terrorism over the years could help us prevent future attacks

Politically motivated attacks, carried out by lone individuals lacking direct affiliation with any terrorist group, have become more common in Europe during the last few decades.

The Conversation

Horrifying Truth Behind Southport Murders: Missed Warnings Spark National Outrage

The horrifying incident, in which 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana killed three young girls—seven-year-old Elsie Stancombe, six-year-old Bebe King, and

The Fashion Central

Inquiry into Southport murders begins work

Yvette Cooper announced the start of the two-phase statutory public inquiry on Monday.

Evening Standard

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As UK families grieve, can one determined country stop social media from harming children?

IN FOCUS: In Australia, parents’ anxiety over their children’s exposure to an online world they find near impossible to supervise has galvanised into concrete government action, as Angus Thompson reports

The Independent UK

Prevent boss departs following review into agency failures to stop Southport killer Axel Rudakubana

Axel Rudakubana’s Prevent case was closed before he went on to carry out the Southport murders

The Independent UK

Prevent boss leaves role after Southport killer case – reports

Michael Stewart is reported to have left the top job following the findings of a Prevent learning review.

Evening Standard

Prevent chief departs after damning inquiry over Southport attack

Michael Stewart had led counter-terrorism programme since 2020, and reviews exposed its basic failures

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Fact check: Southport attack has been repeatedly discussed in Parliament

A claim has circulated that MPs were banned from discussing the case of Axel Rudakubana.

Evening Standard

Raise children better to cut knife crime, say family of Southport attack victim

The parents of a girl who survived the attack last year also raised concerns about online content available to boys.

Evening Standard

Government secrecy fuelled Southport attack conspiracy theories, say Tories

Labour minister Lucy Rigby denied an accusation by Helen Grant that the Government accelerated conspiracy theories around the attack last year.

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper ‘urgently’ looking at gun laws after Luton triple murder trial

Home secretary says Nicholas Prosper case ‘exposed deep and longstanding weaknesses in private firearms sales’

The Guardian - UK

‘Horrifying’ legal gap that prevented arrest of Southport killer

The UK terror watchdog has recommended creating an offence to prevent attacks before they happen

The Independent UK

Gap in law that prevented arrest of Southport killer ‘horrifying’ – watchdog

The terror watchdog’s review recommended creating an offence to prevent mass casualty attacks before they happen.

Evening Standard

UK terror watchdog urges new offence for lone mass killing plots after Southport murders

Axel Rudakubana was jailed for a minimum of 52 years for the murders of three girls and attempted murders of eight other children

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Outrage Erupts After Southport Killings While Minister Slams PMs Dangerous Terror Law Plan

Police bosses have been warned to step up and provide clear, accurate details in the wake of major incidents to prevent conspiracy theories from running wild.

The Guardian - UK

Decision not to classify Southport killer as a terrorist was right, says UK watchdog

Review concluded extending definition to cover extreme violence by ‘loners’ such as Axel Rudakubana is unhelpful

The Independent UK

New offence over planning mass killings recommended in wake of Southport murders

Jonathan Hall KC said the legal terrorism definition is ‘already wide’ and expanding the threshold would increase the possibility of inaccurate use.

Evening Standard

Father of Southport attack victim helps raise £125k for commemorative playground

Sergio Aguiar’s nine-year-old daughter Alice was one of three girls killed in the attack in July 2024.

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Evening Standard

Kyle Clifford becomes latest murderer to refuse to face grieving family

Clifford refused to attend his sentencing hearing on Tuesday.

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Elon Musk's X refused to hand over users’ details to police after Southport riots

The US tech billionaire has frequently used the social media platform to attack the UK Government for imprisoning people for social media posts

Evening Standard

Failure to give basic facts on Southport killer led to ‘dangerous fictions’

Terror watchdog Jonathan Hall KC said the disinformation could have been ‘far more’ prejudicial to Axel Rudakubana’s trial than the true facts.

Evening Standard

Police boss wanted to release Southport killer’s religion to stop disinformation

Merseyside Police chief constable Serena Kennedy said she was advised against publishing the detail by local CPS, while national CPS approved.

The Independent UK

Southport yoga teacher Leanne Lucas sobs remembering how online trolls blamed her for children’s deaths

The Southport yoga teacher who helped children escape Axel Rudakubana's attack recalled being trolled online by people who falsely blamed her for the deaths.

The Independent UK

Girl stabbed in back during Southport attack hits out at ‘false information’

Axel Rudakubana murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed class

Evening Standard

Southport yoga teacher reveals desperate attempt to save children from knife attacker in emotional BBC interview

Speaking publicly for the first time, Leanne Lucas told BBC Panorama: ‘I just knew that if I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die’

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