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Southport stabbing: British teen Axel Rudakubana to be sentenced to life in killing of three girls

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18-year-old Axel Rudakubana was expected to be sentenced to life in prison at Liverpool Crown Court for the murders of three young girls and attempted murders of eight other children in Southport in July.

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  1. The Guardian

    Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana admits murdering three girls (opens The Guardian)

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    Rudakubana, 18, pleads guilty to murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe and 10 charges of attempted murder

  2. The Guardian

    Axel Rudakubana: a ‘ticking timebomb’ who murdered three girls in Southport (opens The Guardian)

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    Rudakubana, an isolated teenager obsessed with genocide, carried out the worst attack on children in Britain since Dunblane

  3. New York Times

    U.K. Teenager Who Killed 3 Girls in Southport Stabbing to Be Sentenced Today (opens New York Times)

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    Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder after attacking children and two adults at a dance class last July.

  4. Breitbart News

    Rudakubana Gets 52 Years: Southport Killer Tried to Decapitate Little Girl (opens Breitbart News)

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    Rudakubana won't necessarily spend his whole life in jail because he was days shy of his 18th birthday when he attacked.

  5. The Guardian

    Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana jailed for 52 years for murder of three girls (opens The Guardian)

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    Eighteen-year-old had pleaded guilty to murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe and 10 charges of attempted murder

  6. UPI

    Southport stabbing: British teen Axel Rudakubana to be sentenced to life in killing of three girls (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    18-year-old Axel Rudakubana was expected to be sentenced to life in prison at Liverpool Crown Court for the murders of three young girls and attempted murders of eight other children in Southport in July.

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