By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-22 01:22:05 | Updated at 2025-01-22 04:47:33
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UK teen pleads guilty to murder of three girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance party as it’s revealed he was plotting more terror attacks
New York Post ^ | Jan. 20, 2025 | Isabel Keane
Posted on 01/21/2025 5:21:19 PM PST by george76
A UK teen unexpectedly pleaded guilty Monday to killing three girls and wounding 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last summer — while also admitting to having an al-Qaida training manual.
Axel Rudakubana, now 18, pleaded guilty to the horrific murders of Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, along with 10 counts of attempted murder for stabbing eight other children as well as two adults who tried to help them at the kids’ event.
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He also pleaded guilty to keeping the al-Qaida manual, “Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants,” at his home close to the bloodbath in Southport — as well as the deadly poison ricin.
Rudakubana — who struck just days before his 18th birthday
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A day which should have been one of carefree innocence … became a scene of the darkest horror as Axel Rudakubana carried out his meticulously planned rampage.”
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There are grave questions to answer as to how the state failed in its ultimate duty to protect these young girls,”
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Rudakubana had consistently refused to speak in court and did so once again when asked to identify himself at the start of the proceedings. But he broke his silence when he was read the 16-count indictment and asked to enter a plea, replying “guilty” to each charge.
As well as the three young girls who were killed, eight other girls — ranging in age from 7 to 13 — were also injured.
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Police later found the biological toxin, ricin, and the Al-Qaida training manual at his home.
Even so, cops did not classify the bloodbath as terrorism, claiming that the teen’s motive was unknown.
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1 posted on 01/21/2025 5:21:19 PM PST by george76
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