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...

Jan 20, 2025 · Knife attacker Axel Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. The 18-year-old stabbed Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe...

Jan 23, 2025 · Rudakubana killed six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar. He tried to kill others by stabbing them in the back as they...

Jan 23, 2025 · The judge called the incident “the most extreme, shocking and exceptionally serious crime” and said 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana “wanted to try and carry out mass murder of innocent, happy young girls.”

Jan 23, 2025 · Rudakubana killed six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar. He tried to kill others by stabbing them in the back as they fled.

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 killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to a minimum of 52 years for the "sadistic" murders of three young girls in an attack described as "shocking" and "pure evil".

Oct 29, 2024 · The teenager accused of murdering three young girls in Southport has been charged with producing the poison ricin and possessing a military study of an al-Qaeda training manual.

Jan 23, 2025 · The teenager who brutally murdered three little girls in Southport last summer has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 52 years.