Public bodies failed to identify the threat posed by Axel Rudakubana, says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana admitted carrying a knife more than 10 times but was still able to buy a blade on Amazon, the home secretary has said.
An initial review over the summer found Prevent failed to flag Rudakubana as a serious threat because he did not exhibit a commitment to a single radical ideology, Cooper told the Commons. The five occasions Lancashire Constabulary officers responded to calls from Rudakubana's home address between October 2019 and May 2022, relating to concerns about his behaviour
On Monday, Rudakubana also pleaded guilty to the possession of an al-Qaeda training manual - a terror offence. The number of children investigated for involvement with terrorism has increased threefold in three years, she added.
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