Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana admitted to carrying a knife more than 10 times - and was able to buy a blade on Amazon, the Home Secretary has said. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it was a "total disgrace" that Rudakubana had been able to get the kitchen knife he used in his rampage online - despite being only 17 at the time and having a previous conviction for attacking a child with a hockey stick in 2019. Amazon said it had launched "an urgent investigation into this tragic case".

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Axel Rudakubana stabbed to death three young girls at a Taylor Swift dance class last summer in an appalling act of violence that shocked the nation. Equally as shocking were the missed opportunities to stop the Southport killer, who had been referred to Prevent - the government's anti-extremism programme - several times and had contact with police, the courts, the justice system and mental health services.Speaking to GB News, former staffer Cha…

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