This is what we know about Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, who is charged with the knife attack in Southport – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

At 1.30pm on Thursday, British police released the name of the person charged with the Southport attack. Axel Muganwa Rudakubana is charged with three murders, ten attempted murders and for having a sharp object. The police have stated that they do not see the knife attack as terrorism. They are not looking for more perpetrators. On Thursday, the accused came to the district court in Liverpool dressed in a gray tracksuit from prison. Throughout the nearly hour-long hearing, Rudakubana covered her face with her sweater pulled up to her hairline. He refused to speak, including confirming his name, and at times rocked back and forth and from side to side, writes The Guardian. That is why news identifies Axel Muganwa Rudakubana: news identifies the 17-year-old who is charged with the murders in Southport, because it is a very serious case with major societal consequences. Three children are killed, several other children and adults are injured. Axel Muganwa Rudakubana was arrested at the scene and there are currently no other suspects in the case. In the UK, it is basically forbidden to name accused persons who are under 18 years of age, but today the judge deviated from this because rumors about another perpetrator have been published on social media. In order to reduce the risk of confusion and innocent people being blamed for the murder, news also identifies the perpetrator. Rudakubana also turns 18 on Wednesday 7 August. news’s ​​editorial decision, 01.08.2024. Court drawing of Axel Rudakubana, who has been arrested for the knife murder in Southport. Photo: Elizabeth Cook / AP This we know about him Rudakubana was born and raised in Cardiff. Both Rudakubana’s defense attorney and the prosecution argued in court to postpone the disclosure of his identity until next week out of concern for the safety of the family, writes The Guardian. The accused has an older brother who was also born in the Welsh capital. The parents are from Rwanda, write the BBC. Helen, a neighbor of the family while they lived in Cardiff, tells the BBC that she is shocked. – They were a lovely young couple. They were noisy little boys. The same neighbor said that the mother was returning home. She describes her father as a pleasant man who went to work every day. – They had a small family car, a small hatchback, she adds. Axel Rudakubana photographed as a younger man. Photo: Liverpool Echo Another former neighbor of the family describes him as a “quiet” boy, who clung to his mother as a child, writes The Sun. A 51-year-old teaching assistant who lives visa-a-vis the family’s former home, told the Daily Telegraph that “there was no problem” while they lived there. – They were a friendly couple with two small boys. I can’t believe what has happened, he says. Active in local church According to the BBC, in 2013 the family moved to Banks in Lancashire, north-east of Southport. Rudakubana’s father has been active in the martial arts community in both Southport and Cardiff. Rudakubana took karate lessons with his father as a child, according to sensei Chico Mbakwe, an instructor in Cardiff, writes The Sun. A neighbor in Banks described to the Liverpool Echo the family as “very active” in the local church. The same neighbor described the victim as a “quiet choir boy”, but that they often heard singing from the family’s home. – It’s a big shock. The accused sang when he came home from school. He never went out. We never saw them. We never actually spoke to them more than saying hello for seven years, and now this has happened, says the neighbour. The Sun also refers from an interview The Times has done with a person Rudakubana attended musical theater with. Those involved also describe the suspect as shy. The map shows Southport, where several children were killed, in addition to Cardiff and Banks, where the person accused of the knife attack lived. Published 02.08.2024, at 08.25



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