UK: Al-Qaeda inspired teen who slaughtered 3 girls and injured 10 others in mass stabbing attack sentenced to only 52 years in prison

Yet officials still refuse to present proof that the killer, Axel Rudakubana, is not, in fact, a Muslim, despite the fact his mass stabbing attack was very typical of recent Musim terrorist attacks around the world. Rudakubana admitted to having an al-Qaeda training manual — titled “Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants” — as well as the deadly poison ricin at his home close to where he struck.

The IndependentAxel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to at least 52 years in prison for carrying out the horrific attack which was described as a “pre-meditated attempt to commit indiscriminate mass murder”. He was given 13 life sentences with a minimum term of 51 years and 190 days. Some time was taken off his 52-year sentence due to time already served in custody. He did not receive a whole-life order because he was 17 at the time of the attack.

Remorseless Axel Rudakubana appeared to gloat about his murderous attack after he was heard muttering he was “glad” his child victims were dead.

Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC revealed the knifeman, who murdered three girls and wounded ten people in a horrific mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed children’s holiday class in Southport, was heard making the sinister comments in police custody after his arrest.

Opening the sentencing hearing at Liverpool Crown Court, Ms Heer said the killer was heard to say: “It’s a good thing those children are dead… I am so glad… I am so happy.” She told the court Rudakubana remained silent in police interview, but in custody made a number of “unsolicited comments” including, “I don’t care, I’m feeling neutral,” and “So happy, six years old. It’s a good thing they are dead, yeah.”

Rudakubana’s killings were a “pre-meditated, planned knife attack upon multiple victims, principally young girls, intending to kill them”, she said, and the horrific injuries suffered by the victims were “difficult to explain as anything other than sadistic in nature”.

In October 2019 he contacted Childline and asked, “What should I do if I want to kill somebody?” the court was told.

The violence-obsessed teenager pleaded guilty to all 16 offences he faced on the first day of his trial on Monday. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the stabbing at The Hart Space on a small business park in the seaside town shortly before midday on 29 July.

The killer admitted their murders as well as the attempted murders of eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes. Cardiff-born Rudakubana further pleaded guilty to possessing a knife which he bought on Amazon, production of the biological toxin ricin, and possession of a document which contained al-Qaeda training material.

Officers found violent content on Rudakubana’s devices, including images of dead bodies, victims of torture, beheadings, cartoons depicting killing, violence and rape or which mocked religions including Judaism and Christianity, the court heard. The prosecutor said there were numerous images relating to wars and conflicts, including in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Iraq and the Balkans.

Not surprisingly, far left and Islamic media outlets were quick to claim that so-called “disinformation about the suspect’s (Islamic) religion led to a rise in Islamophobia and anti-Muslim immigrant anger.” Yet there has been no evidence to prove that he isn’t a Muslim. What is confirmed is that he was inspired by the al Qaeda methodology of Islamic terror. It would be very surprising if it somehow turns out that he wasn’t.

John Baker The reason people believed that it was conducted by a Muslim is because we have had a string of Islamic terror attacks now for over a decade. These happen every few years or so at least. They also have a specific character to them. There has been a shift in recent years toward more stabbing attacks and attacks on young girls.

Attacks of this nature with any other explanation are virtually non-existent. If it had some other explanation it would be a rare one off. This attack fits into only one established pattern in this country and that’s Islamic terror. This is compounded by new standards across major broadcast media where they caved into terrorism and stopped reporting that these attacks were Islamic terror because it is blasphemy to say anything bad about Islam or anything that makes it look bad.

This means that the default assumption in these cases becomes that it’s Islamic and it’s not really the fault of the people for adopting this position. This is another pattern. If the authorities and their publishing outlets refuse to say what it is then it’s fair to assume that it’s Islamic terror.

The claim that he isn’t Islamic is based on where his parents came from, his name and that he is a second generation immigrant. This doesn’t really make sense on multiple fronts. Islam particularly targets vulnerable black youth for conversion. There is some confusion as people think it is something you’re born with. You can take a Koran, decide that you agree with it and then decide to become a Muslim pretty much then and there.

To complicate matters there was a foreign news site imitating our news sites that put out a story that he was a Muslim who had recently arrived on a boat. The strange thing is that this was published by an outlet in a major Islamic country.