Police determined the Southport stabbings were premeditated after the discoveries at the killer's home

Public bodies failed to identify the threat posed by Axel Rudakubana, says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

Axel Rudakubana killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July last year

Axel Rudakubana stabbed Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe to death in Southport, Merseyside, last year after he broke into a dance class

The Community Church in Southport says the family of Axel Rudakubana, who admitted killing three little girls at a dance party, have been moved into hiding by police for their own protection

Axel Rudakubana was just 17 when he knifed three young girls to death and tried to murder eight more children in an appalling attack. Just days before the murder in Southport, his father Alphonse is said to have thwarted another 'attempt to kill'

Southport murdered Axel Rudakubana was convicted of a violent assault against a child at school and was found to have been in possession of a knife on at least ten different occasions, it emerged on Tuesday.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it was a 'total disgrace' that Axel Rudakubana had bought the murder weapon online - despite being only 17 and having a previous violent conviction

Axel Rudakubana, who killed three young girls in the Southport attack, appeared to have no particular ideology but was obsessed by violence and genocide, investigators said.

As horrified children ran from the studio in Southport, Axel Rudakubana chased after them, stabbing them in their backs. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty to the murders of three girls

Leaders of The Community Church in Southport, where Axel Rudakubana's father Alphonse was a "valued part" of the congregation, released a statement addressing previous speculation about him after his son's plea.

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana had an “obsession with extreme violence”, devices in his possession revealed.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, murdered Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, in Southport last year.