UK stabbing suspect in deaths of 3 girls found with ricin, al Qaeda material and charged under Terrorism Act

A teen accused of sidesplitting 3 young girls astatine a Taylor Swift-themed creation people for young children successful nan United Kingdom has been charged pinch possessing an al Qaeda training manual and ricin poison.

Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, 18, already faces 3 execution charges, 10 counts of attempted execution and 1 count of weapon possession, authorities said Tuesday. The caller charges were revenge nether nan country's Terrorism Act, constabulary said. 

The poison and PDF study, "Military Studies successful nan Jihad Against nan Tyrants: The al Qaeda Training Manual," were recovered during a hunt of Rudakubana's home, constabulary said. 

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A situation van believed to beryllium transporting Axel Rudakubana, nan 17-year-old charged successful nan execution of 3 young girls successful a weapon onslaught astatine a summertime creation class, departs Liverpool City Magistrates Court successful Liverpool, Britain, Aug. 1, 2024. (Reuters)

Tests later confirmed nan constituent recovered was ricin. The consequence of vulnerability to nan nationalist was low, said Dr. Renu Bindra, a elder aesculapian advisor astatine nan UK Health Security Agency.

"This accusation confirmed that location was nary grounds that immoderate victims, responders aliases members of nan nationalist were exposed to ricin either arsenic portion of nan incident aliases afterwards," Bindra said. 

Rudakubana allegedly committed nan July 29 stabbing spree that killed 3 girls — Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6 – and injured respective others, successful Southport, a municipality northbound of Liverpool.

Merseyside Police did not state nan events a terror incident because nary motive has been determined, authorities said during a news convention successful Liverpool. 

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(L-R) Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar were killed during a Taylor Swift-themed creation event. The teen fishy faces galore charges related to nan slaying.  (Merseyside Police)

"I admit that these caller charges whitethorn lead to speculation. The matter for which Axel Rudakubana has been charged nether nan Terrorism Act doesn’t require motive to beryllium established," said Chief Constable Serena Kennedy. "For a matter to beryllium declared a violent incident, information would request to beryllium established."

For an enactment to beryllium treated arsenic coercion by U.K. authorities, it must meet a bid of ineligible tests drawn up much than 2 decades agone and laid retired successful nan Terrorism Act of 2000, The Telegraph reported.

The incident must impact nan usage aliases threat of serious violence aliases superior harm to property, beryllium designed to power nan government, to intimidate nan nationalist aliases a conception of nan nationalist and beryllium for nan intent of advancing a political, religious, group aliases ideological cause, according to nan newspaper. 

A constabulary van burns arsenic an unruly crowd fought pinch constabulary July 30, 2024, successful Southport, northwest England, adjacent wherever 3 girls were stabbed to decease successful a creation class. (Richard McCarthy/PA via AP)

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The attacks sparked wide protests and riots crossed nan state amid inaccurate reports nan fishy was an asylum seeker. 

Rudakubana was calved successful England to Rwandan parents. Despite being a insignificant astatine nan clip of nan stabbings, a judge lifted restrictions that prevented nan reporting of his name.