Teen accused of murdering girl at dance class in England faces terrorism charges

With Lauren Kent, CNN

Gifts of flowers were left for the victims following a fatal stabbing attack in Southport, north-west England, on July 29.
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A teenager accused of killing three teenage girls in a stabbing attack at a dance class in northwestern England in July will face terrorism charges, British prosecutors said on Tuesday (local time).

We suspect Axel RudakubanaThe man, who was 17 at the time of the attack but is now 18, will be charged with the production of the biological toxin ricin and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit a terrorist act. The Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement.

The new charges against him in connection with the attack in the English town of Southport are as follows: three murder charges10 counts of attempted murder and one charge of possession of a knife.

Three young girls (6-year-old Bebe King, 7-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and 9-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar) were taken into custody. stabbed to death I was attending a Taylor Swift-themed lecture in Southport in July when one of the country’s worst attacks on children in decades took place. Eight other children were also injured with a knife in the attack.

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