{"id":334391,"date":"2026-04-13T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-southport-attacker-could-have-been-stopped\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:00:27","slug":"how-the-southport-attacker-could-have-been-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-southport-attacker-could-have-been-stopped\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Southport attacker could have been stopped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/idl4UfFSn1M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How the Southport attacker could have been stopped\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/idl4UfFSn1M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Warning, this report contains details you may find distressing.<\/p>\n<p>Those involved in the care and monitoring of the Southport killer &quot;fundamentally failed&quot; to appreciate the &quot;evident high level of danger&quot; he posed &#8211; leading to an &quot;act of chilling brutality&quot;, an inquiry has found.<\/p>\n<p>Axel Rudakubana, 19, was consistently passed between organisations with a &quot;disturbing lack of clarity as to who, if anyone, was the lead&quot; in ensuring the risk he posed was communicated.<\/p>\n<p>The parents of the teenager, who was jailed for a minimum of 52 years, also had an &quot;irresponsible and harmful attitude&quot; to sharing information, meaning they did not do what they &quot;morally ought to have done&quot; and &quot;report the clear escalation in risk&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>All this &#8211; the report said, meant his attack on a children\u2019s dance class \u201ccould and should have been prevented\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>AR &#8211; as he has been known throughout the inquiry &#8211; murdered Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on 29 July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The killer, then 17, also attempted to murder eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, class instructor Leanne Lucas, and businessman John Hayes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning, this report contains details you may find distressing. 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