Southport Murder Suspect Charged With Terror Offence and Producing Ricin

Published on October 30, 2024

The suspect accused of the murder of three girls in a knife attack in Stockport last summer has been charged with a terror offence and producing ricin, police have said. Axel Rudakubana, 18, has been charged with possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism. The second charge is for the production of a biological weapon. Rudakubana was charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 for possessing the PDF filed entitled “Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants, The al Qaeda Training Manual,” some time between Aug. 29, 2021, and July 30, 2024. Police found the document during a search of the suspect’s home in Banks, Lancashire, in the days following the fatal stabbing of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven....

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