A leading journalist has warned that radicalised young men across Britain are being connected through the internet, following the Southport dance class murders.
Speaking to GB News, Daily Mail Special Investigations Editor Sue Reid said: “This idea that there are young men in bedrooms all over Britain doing this alone is complete fabrication.”
“They are always linked through the internet. They are not alone. You’re not alone with a laptop in your bedroom.
“You are talking to similarly minded people. And they may or may not sway you into action.”
Sue Reid highlighted that terrorist materials had been found in both the Southport case and the Manchester Arena bombing
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Reid highlighted that terrorist materials had been found in both the Southport case and the Manchester Arena bombing, where initial claims of a “lone terrorist” were later disproven.
Axel Rudakubana, 18, yesterday pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.
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The victims, Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Da Silva Aguiar, 9, were stabbed to death at the Hart Space on July 29 last year.
Rudakubana, from Banks in West Lancashire, changed his pleas to guilty at Liverpool Crown Court on what was meant to be the first day of his trial.
The attack sent shockwaves through the community, with subsequent investigations revealing Rudakubana had been referred to Prevent, the Government’s anti-terrorism scheme, three times.
Lancashire Child Safeguarding Partnership has revealed Rudakubana had received support from multiple organisations due to “increased anxiety” before the murders.
The teenager first became known to mental health services in 2019, initially due to experiencing anxiety and social isolation.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has stated that “the families and the people of Southport need answers about what happened leading up to this attack.”
Keir Starmer revealed he was “kept up to date with the facts as they were emerging” during the case.
These facts included the discovery of ricin and terrorist documents in Rudakubana’s home.
Keir Starmer pledged an inquiry today
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Starmer has declared that “Southport must be a line in the sand.”
The Prime Minister pledged that a thorough inquiry would follow where “nothing will be off the table.”
The case has prompted the government to introduce powers to deal with “acts intended to terrorise”, even if there were no ideological component.
But she said the attacker would be treated as a terrorist offender in jail because he was charged under the Terrorism Act.
