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Axel Rudakubana should have been referred to the next stage of the Prevent scheme, says Home Secretary

The Home Secretary has said the Prevent learning review concluded Axel Rudakubana should have been referred to the next stage of the scheme.

The knitted and crocheted bears have been given to emergency services, charities and children in Southport.

Letters: A reader with an autistic son responds to letters about Axel Rudakubana, while Peter Lowe suggests ways of restricting the sale and lethality of knives

The Home Office has some good ideas, but a documentary on knife crime by the actor offers the template for a new approach, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Letters: It’s not possible to predict horrific acts, writes Stephen Smith while Dr Simon Price points out that people with mental illness often don’t seek help, and Bill Nightingale says we should fix our mental health services

The conviction of Axel Rudakubana for the murder of three young girls in Southport has prompted many questions about how the UK handles violence without a clear ideological motive. This case has also shown up the confusion in this area, and made clear the need for a basic reframing of…

Police knew Axel Rudakubana had been referred three times after his arrest last July

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, were murdered by Axel Rudakubana last summer.