FBI and US Justice Department Aid UK ProbeSouthport Killer’s Deleted Search History
Axel Rudakubana, sentenced to 52 years for murdering three young girls, is under further investigation to uncover motives behind his attack on a dance class.
- 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.
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