Axel Rudakubana lived in the village for seven years before he brutally killed three schoolgirls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class
The rural village of Banks was unknown to most of the world until on July 29, 2024 it was thrust into the spotlight for the worst possible reason. On a small, unassuming cul-de-sac in West Lancashire, armed police descended less than two hours after a knifeman inflicted a 12 minute premeditated rampage on innocent children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on Hart Street, in Southport .
The village wants to be known for the strength it showed in the days and weeks that followed. Debs Walmsley, of Deb’z Deli just yards from the entrance to Old School Close and across the road from St Stephen’s Institute and Club, said how the community immediately came together in the aftermath of the attack. “We had a lot of customers put money in a pot for the police officers who were standing in the sun all day on the street,” she told the ECHO.
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