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Teen Receives 13 Life Sentences for Triple Stabbing

1/26/2025

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Axel Rudakubana, just 18, has been handed 13 life sentences for the brutal stabbing of three girls in Southport last July. As police struggle to retrieve his deleted internet history, vital for uncovering his motives, a staggering 164,000 documents on his devices reveal a disturbing obsession with violence and genocide.

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Axel Rudakubana, just 18, has been handed 13 life sentences for the brutal stabbing of three girls in Southport last July. As police struggle to retrieve his deleted internet history, vital for uncovering his motives, a staggering 164,000 documents on his devices reveal a disturbing obsession with violence and genocide.