A PUBLIC inquiry into what went mistaken within the lead-up to the Southport stabbings started its work yesterday.
It’s going to look into any potential failings by public organisations coping with Axel Rudakubana earlier than he launched his lethal assaults when aged 17.

A public inquiry into what went mistaken within the lead-up to Axel Rudakubana’s Southport stabbing spree started its work yesterday[/caption]
The inquiry, which can have powers to summon witnesses, will then study the broader concern of younger folks drawn into excessive violence.
It is going to be chaired by Sir Adrian Fulford, the choose who handed Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens a whole-life time period.
Residence Secretary Yvette Cooper mentioned: “We owe it to all these affected on that horrible day to shortly perceive what went mistaken, reply tough questions and do all the things in our energy to forestall one thing like this from occurring once more.
“The Southport Inquiry will present insights into any failings that allowed a younger man with a earlier historical past of violence, to commit this horrendous assault.”
Rudakubana, now 18, killed Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six, final July at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.
He additionally tried to kill eight different youngsters in addition to class teacher Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes.
Three separate referrals have been made to the Authorities’s counter-terror programme, Stop, about Rudakubana’s behaviour within the years earlier than the assault, in addition to six separate calls to police.
In January, he was handed a life sentence with a minimal time period of 52 years.

Bebe King, six, was killed within the assault[/caption]

Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, tragically misplaced her life[/caption]
