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Axel Rudakubana had been referred to the Prevent anti-extremism scheme three times between 2019 and 2021 Axel Rudakubana had been referred to the Prevent anti-terrorism scheme three times between 2019 and 2021
The Prevent counter-extremism scheme "prematurely" closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found. The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme "prematurely" closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found.
Security minister Dan Jarvis MP told the House of Commons Rudakubana had already discussed the Manchester Arena bombing and stabbing people when Prevent decided to end its involvement with him.Security minister Dan Jarvis MP told the House of Commons Rudakubana had already discussed the Manchester Arena bombing and stabbing people when Prevent decided to end its involvement with him.
The now convicted triple-killer was referred to Prevent three times between December 2019 and April 2021 due to his interest in terrorist attacks and school shootings. The killer, who now serving 52 years in prison, was referred to Prevent three times between December 2019 and April 2021 due to his interest in terrorist attacks and school shootings, but there was no evidence of a fixed ideology or motivation.
Rudakubana was 17 when he walked into a summer holiday dance workshop on 29 July last year, stabbing 11 children and two adults and killing nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar; Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and six-year-old Bebe King.Rudakubana was 17 when he walked into a summer holiday dance workshop on 29 July last year, stabbing 11 children and two adults and killing nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar; Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and six-year-old Bebe King.
Mr Jarvis said the "importance of the families needing answers" meant that the Home Office was taking the "unusual step" of publishing the review, which he said are normally technical documents circulated internally. Security minister Dan Jarvis said the government had kept the families of the Southport victims informed ahead of the report's publication
Southport MP Patrick Hurley told the chamber "it beggared belief" that the report noted Rudakubana's name was spelled incorrectly on the Prevent database, which it said had the potential to mean previous referrals would not show up in searches. The learning review found counter terrorism officers staffing the Prevent scheme had "sufficient information" to escalate his case to the next stage - known as Channel - which would have included enhanced monitoring.
The review said while officers at Prevent had shown a "high level of compliance" with policies in place at the time, it criticised the decision not to escalate Rudakubana's case to the next level in the process, known as Channel. Mr Jarvis said the "importance of the families needing answers" meant that the Home Office was taking the "unusual step" of publishing its findings, which he said are normally technical documents circulated internally.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Southport MP Patrick Hurley told the chamber "it beggared belief" that the report noted Rudakubana's name was spelled incorrectly on the Prevent database, which, the report found, had the potential to mean previous referrals would not show up in searches.
You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X, external to get the latest alerts. The review said while officers at Prevent had shown a "high level of compliance" with policies in place at the time, it criticised the focus on Rudakubana's ideology.
While there was no evidence of political or religious motivation, Rudakubana was obsessed with violence and his case should have been escalated as an example of what was then referred to as "mixed unclear and unstable ideology".
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His first referral to Prevent in December 2019, when he was 13, was made by The Acorns special school where he was a pupil after being expelled from Range High School in Formby for carrying a knife.
In its analysis of that referral, the report stated: "He was conducting searches using the school's internet on school shootings in America, was talking about drawing guns and searching on the internet for guns in another lesson, was also overheard talking to a pupil about watching videos of people hurting themselves and made a graphic comment about a drill bit breaking and killing someone.
"It is not known if this special interest in school shooting, violence and injury amounted to a fascination as this interest may not have been fully explored and understood."
Among the crimes to which he pleaded guilty in January was possession of an al-Qaeda terrorism training manual and the production of the biological toxin ricin.