Overview

• Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to a minimum of 52 years in January for murdering three young girls and attempting to kill ten others in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, UK.
• The FBI and US Department of Justice are assisting UK authorities in recovering Rudakubana's deleted internet search history, which investigators believe could reveal his motives.
• Rudakubana wiped his internet history 10 minutes before the attack, leaving only a search about a separate stabbing incident involving a bishop in Australia.
• The attack, carried out with a knife purchased online, was not classified as terrorism due to a lack of evidence tying it to ideological motives, slowing the data recovery process.
• The UK government has launched an inquiry into how the state failed to identify the risk posed by Rudakubana, with potential changes to terrorism definitions under consideration.