US Edition'We faced Southport killer shoulder to shoulder'
MERSEYSIDE, ENGLAND, JUL 28 – Three Merseyside Police officers received 2025 bravery awards for confronting a knife-wielding attacker who killed three children and injured 10 others at a Southport dance studio.
- On July 29, 2024, Sgt Greg Gillespie and his colleagues responded to a stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop in Southport, where three young girls died and several others were seriously injured.
- The 17-year-old attacker, Axel Rudakubana, received a life sentence with a minimum term of 52 years in January, an event that caused deep trauma in the community and sparked false rumors wrongly accusing an asylum seeker.
- Sgt Gillespie described confronting the blood-stained offender without waiting for armed backup amid an urgent, chaotic scene that left lasting effects on responding officers and residents alike.
- Following the incident, violent protests fueled by anti-immigrant disinformation erupted in 23 UK towns, with far-right and global influencers amplifying harmful narratives demanding urgent regulatory reform.
- Southport's community united in grief and resilience, inspired by the victims' families, while three police officers received bravery awards for their courageous actions during the attack.
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Britain remembers Southport victims with impeccable three-minute silence
Watch the moment Southport comes together to mark a year since the devastating knife attack that claimed the lives of three young girls in the Merseyside town.The tragedy, which occurred on 29 July 2024, also left several other children and adults wounded. As the anniversary approaches, the seaside resort continues grappling with the aftermath of that horrific day.The community has been working to find a path forward whilst honouring the memory …
It's been exactly one year: three young children die at a dance class in Southport because a 17-year-old with a kitchen knife stands around him. The act shocks the country - but is by far not an isolated case.
Southport Riot: Inside the UK’s Anti-Immigrant Disinformation Ecosystem
The Nerve's report uncovers a structured lifecycle of disinformation: narratives are seeded in niche echo chambers, reinforced through repetition and community validation, and opportunistically amplified during crises
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