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    2024 Southport stabbing - Wikipedia

    • 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 – eight of whom were children. The attack took place at a Taylor Swift–themed yoga and dance workshop attende… See more

    Attack

    Shortly before 11:45, Axel Rudakubana arrived at Hart Street by taxi, which he had booked under the false name … See more

    Victims

    Six-year-old Bebe King and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe died at the scene, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar died in hospital the following day. Nine children and two adults were treated for injuries by NWAS. … See more

    Perpetrator

    Axel Muganwa Rudakubana was born on 7 August 2006 in Cardiff, Wales, to Alphonse Rudakubana and Laetitia Muzayire, who are originally from Rwanda and moved to the UK in 2002. Rudakubana is a British citizen, an… See more

    Aftermath

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the incident as horrendous and shocking, and thanked emergency services for their swift response. Speaking in the House of Commons, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stated that … See more

    See also

    • List of mass stabbing incidents (2020–present)
    • 2024 Hainault sword attack – mass stabbing in London in which a 14-year-old boy was killed See more

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