Nigel Farage accuses PM of a cover-up as release of new details raises 'very serious questions for the state about how it failed to intervene before tragedy struck'

Leaders of The Community Church in Southport, where Axel Rudakubana's father Alphonse was a "valued part" of the congregation, released a statement addressing previous speculation about him after his son's plea.

The 18-year-old admitted murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance class in the town on July 29.

The UK government has announced a public inquiry into the murders of three young girls after it emerged Rudakubana was referred to an anti-extremism programme.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, on Monday unexpectedly pleaded guilty in the Liverpool Crown Court to the stabbing deaths of three young girls and stabbing 10 others in Southport, Britain, on July 29.

Axel Rudakubana stabbed Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe to death in Southport, Merseyside, last year after he broke into a dance class

The 18-year-old pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls and attempting to kill ten others during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. Once a promising actor, Rudakubana's life spiraled into violence fueled by an obsession with genocides and mental health concerns.

A man who confronted Axel Rudakubana moments before the Southport attack still wonders if he could have stopped the killer before the teen unleashed "unspeakable" horror. The Southport attacker- who used a 20cm Cerbera kitchen knife to attack 11 children and two adults- initially took a wrong turn and went down the driveway of Colin Parry's car repair workshop by mistake on that awful day.