'Terrorism has changed': Southport knife attack a sign the country faces a new threat, PM says
- The Prime Minister stated that the Southport knife attack highlights a new threat of terrorism in the UK after Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls in Southport last summer.
- Rudakubana had been referred to the Prevent programme three times before the attack, but authorities decided he did not require intervention.
- Experts warn that the current Prevent programme is ineffective against self-initiated radicalisation, which is increasingly common among young individuals.
- Sir Keir Starmer announced a wide-ranging inquiry to address the failures of public institutions in handling known threats like Rudakubana.
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Keir Starmer’s warning to public as he says UK faces new terror threat from ‘misfits’ after Southport attacks
Britain faces a new threat of terrorism from “extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms” following the Southport murders, UK prime minister Keir Starmer has said.
Terrorism has changed, says UK PM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday pledged to fight the changing face of "terrorism" after a teenager admitted the murder of three young girls in a stabbing spree that triggered riots last year. Starmer said the "barbaric" killings, which were not treated as "terrorism" by the judicial authorities, were "a sign Britain now faces a new threat... acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms" who …
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