The event led to violent protests by the far-right due to the migrant origin of the main suspect, Axel Rudakubana.
Dec. 18 () –
Axel Rudakubana, the 18-year-old man accused of having stabbed several minors, three of them fatally, this summer in the city of Shouthport, in the west of the United Kingdom, has pleaded not guilty to the crimes with which he is accused before the Court of the Crown of Liverpool.
Rudakubana, who participated in the hearing electronically from Belmarsh prison, where he is serving preventive detention, has pleaded not guilty to the three charges of murder and the other ten attempted murders against him, as well as possession of a knife.
Rudakubana’s trial is scheduled to begin at Liverpool Crown Court on January 20, and could last up to four weeks. Several relatives of the victims were present at this Wednesday’s hearing, as detailed by the Sky News network.
The event occurred at the end of last July at a dance school in the city of Southport, where three children between six and nine years old died and eight other children between seven and 13 years old were injured, as well as a teacher. yoga and another adult.
This event, accompanied by the spread of false news on social networks that the author was an irregular migrant, led to violent protests in part of the United Kingdom, including in London. In Southport, a mosque was burned down and a hotel housing asylum seekers was raided.
The Police arrested Rudakubana, a then 17-year-old boy born in Wales and of Rwandan descent. This event has at no time been linked to a possible terrorist motivation, but during the search of his home evidence of having produced ricin and an Al Qaeda manual were found.
Thus, Rudakubana is accused of two other separate charges in connection with the stabbing under the Biological Weapons Act for having produced a biological toxin; and also under the Terrorism Act for possession of a PDF document titled ‘Military Studies in Jihad Against Tyrants: The Al Qaeda Training Manual’.
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