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Let’s be honest… Amazon is not to blame for Axel Rudakubana’s crimes

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24.01.2025

SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND – AUGUST 05: Members of the community arrive ahead of a vigil to remember the victims of last week’s knife attack near the Atkinson on August 5, 2024 in Southport, England. One week ago, three young girls, Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, were killed, and several other people were seriously injured, when 17-year-old Axel Muganwa Rudakubana went on a stabbing spree in a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. The incident, as well as false information that the suspect was an immigrant, sparked a wave of anti-immigrant protests and riots across the UK. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Focusing on Amazon distracts from the important questions Axel Rudakubana’s horrific murders raise: What was his motive, could he have been stopped and what did the government get wrong? Says Matthew Lesh

Axel Rudakubana’s fatal stabbing of three children during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, an act etched in infamy for its harrowing wickedness, led to a wave of conspiracies, accusations of cover-ups and inexcusable rioting.

Rudakubana’s pleading guilty has once again sparked debate about the attacks. Yet, early signs suggest the discussion is not proving entirely enlightening. This week much........

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