Overview
- Testifying via video link, Alphonse Rudakubana said he accepted and hid a machete delivered in June 2023, feared confronting his son, and now regrets not calling police.
- He acknowledged he may also have received a second machete in October 2023 and later accepted a July 15, 2024 Amazon parcel marked "bladed article," which he left by the door without scrutiny.
- Rudakubana admitted withholding some information from CAMHS and accepted there was a large gap between what he knew about his son's weapons and the service’s assessment days before the attack.
- He described stopping his son from taking a taxi to his former school a week before the killings, said he feared an arson attack, and accepted he failed to alert police despite discovering a "small arsenal" at home.
- He said he and his wife gave their son money, including rewards for showering, while victims’ families’ counsel told the inquiry they listened to his explanations with disdain; Axel’s mother is due to give evidence later today.