A British teenager has pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England. The crime horrified the country and online disinformation about it fueled days of nationwide rioting.

Axel Rudakubana is charged with the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, and Alice da Silva Aguiar

LONDON: A British teenager on Monday unexpectedly pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was...

Axel Rudakubana has also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of eight other children and to the attempted murder of Leanne Lucas and Jonathan Haye

The 18-year-old accused of killing three girls in a knife attack at a Southport dance class is due to go on trial in the UK.

A teenager has pleaded guilty on the first day day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court to murdering three young girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July.

Axel Rudakubana admitted to the murder of three girls and the attempted murder of 10 other people at a Taylor Swift-themed class in Southport, England, last July, as well as three additional charges.

Axel Rudakubana was aged just 17 at the time of the attack

The 18-year-old, of Banks, Lancashire, was due to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday.

An updated mugshot of triple killer Axel Rudakubana has been released by police after the 18-year-old pleaded guilty to the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Bebe King, 6, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7

A British teen pleaded guilty Monday to murdering three girls and attempting to kill 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer.

Teenager Axel Rudakabana was thought to be a normal boisterous child growing up in Cardiff but concerns were raised after he moved to Lancashire

Axel Rudakubana's murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Bebe King, 6, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7 in Southport last summer. Today, he has pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial

Axel Rudakubana admitted all charges against him

Axel Rudakubana is charged with the murder of three young girls

Axel Rudakubana, from Lancashire, will appear at Liverpool Crown Court charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.

Up until now only court sketches have been released of the teenage child-killer

Axel Rudakubana has been charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven

LONDON (AP) — A teen pleaded guilty Monday to charges of killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer. Axel Rudakubana, 18, entered the surprise plea at the start of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to three […]

Axel Rudakubana, 18, of Lancashire, is set to stand trial for the alleged murder of three girls and the alleged attempted murder of ten others, including eight children

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack on July 29

A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer is going on trial.

LONDON (AP) — It was the first day of summer vacation and the little girls at the Hart Space, a sanctuary hidden behind a row of houses, were there to dance to the music of Taylor Swift. What was supposed to be a day of joy turned to terror and heartbreak when an intruder with a knife attacked the girls and their teacher on July 29 in the seaside town of Southport in northwest England. The teen arrested in the aftermath goes on trial Monday on three counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted murder and additional charges related to possessing the poison ricin and for having an al-Qaida manual.The trial is expected to last four weeks.Axel Rudakubana, 18, who has refused to speak in court, had pleas of not guilty entered on his behalf at Liverpool Crown Court. He was 17 at the time of the attack.Prosecutors haven't said what they believe led to the rampage. The stabbings led to a week of rioting across parts of England and Northern Ireland after Rudakubana — then unnamed — was falsely identified as an asylum-seeker…

Axel Rudakubana (18) was to stand trial at Liverpool Crown Court charged with 16 offences, including three counts of murder.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, of Banks in West Lancashire, changed his pleas to guilty today, the day he was due to go on trial at Liverpool Crown Court for the Southport stabbings

Knife attacker Axel Rudakubana, 18, has pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.