Juvenile suspect in stabbing attack it killed three girls A man who attended a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the UK is accused of manufacturing the deadly poison ricin and faces terrorism charges for possessing a jihadi training manual, police said Tuesday. It was announced on .
Axel Rudakubana, 18 years old Charged with murdering three girls and stab 10 other people Merseyside Police said the highly poisonous ricin was produced in July and was later found in his home. Police also discovered that he was in possession of a computer file containing an al-Qaeda training manual titled “Military Study of Jihad Against Tyrants: Al-Qaeda Training Manual.”
The new charges against Rudakbana include manufacturing ricin, a biological toxin, which is in breach of the UK’s laws banning biological weapons, and “possessing information of a type that could be useful to criminals, namely PDF files”. That’s what it is. or preparation for a terrorist act,” police said. The latter charge is prohibited under UK terrorism laws.
Ricin is derived from the castor bean plant and is one of the most deadly toxins in the world. There is no known vaccine or antidote, and it kills cells by blocking protein production.
Police stressed that the July attack was not classified as a “terrorism incident” and that a motive needed to be determined.
Police said Welsh-born Rudakubana was arrested in July in Southport, a seaside town in northwestern England, by Alice DaSilva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King. He has already been charged with three counts of murder in the death of you, 6 years old.
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He is also charged with 10 counts of attempted murder of eight injured children and two adults.
The stabbing occurred after far-right activists spread misinformation on social media that identified him as an asylum seeker and misreported his name in an effort to stir up anger against immigrants and Muslims. It was used.
Violence spread from Southport and led to riots that lasted a week across England and Northern Ireland.
In a statement on Tuesday, Chief Constable Selina Kennedy urged the public not to engage in speculation about the incident.
“Don’t believe everything you read on social media,” Kennedy said. “We must never lose sight of the families of Elsie, Bebe and Alice who are still grieving, and the families of the children and adults injured and affected by what happened that day. We all , we must do the right thing,” to ensure that the judicial process is free from bias. ”
