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21 Jan 2025

Starmer: Southport attack inquiry will answer ‘grave questions’

North of England Correspondent

The Prime Minister says he will change the law to make sure that lone killers with “extreme individualised violence” face terror charges – after Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls in Southport.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it was a “total disgrace” that Rudakubana had been able to purchase a knife on Amazon, despite having a prior conviction for violence. And she promised a total review of the anti-extremism Prevent programme.