It has been revealed that Southport killer Axel Rudakubana bought a stash of deadly weapons on Amazon at least two years before murdering three young girls last summer, including the deadly poison castor. Narcotics equipment.

The "extremely violent" 18-year-old bought items to make ricin in 2022, three years after he came to the attention of anti-radicalization program Prevent, police and other authorities.

Rudakubana took a photo from Amazon before he was attacked at a Taylor Swift-themed dance club in Southport, Merseyside, on July 29 The knife was purchased while he used security software to hide his identity.

It was also revealed that six minutes before he left home that day, he searched for a video of a stabbing in a Sydney church last year, in which a bishop was attacked during a live sermon.

Keir Starmer said on Tuesday the failure of authorities to stop Ruda Kubana "frankly jumps off the page" as he pledged to "leave no stone unturned" to make changes based on the recommendations of a new public inquiry into the atrocity.

It is understood that the Guardian revealed that Ruda Kubana was referred to Prevent three times, once in 2019 and twice in 2021, one of which was due to concerns that he might be interested in killing in a school massacre. child.

He also came to the attention of the local Lancashire Police, who had multiple interactions with him between October 2019 and May 2022, including five phone calls from his family. expressed concerns about his behavior.

He was subsequently referred to local security officials, who are said to be supporting Rudakubana's family.

Before a public inquiry was announced, Rudacubana admitted to murdering six-year-old Babe King, nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar and seven-year-old Elsie Dot. Stancombe and attempted to kill eight other children and two adults in one of the worst recent attacks on children. British History.

It can now be revealed that the 26 young girls, aged between six and 11, were gathered around a table making bracelets and singing when Ruda Kubana showed up at the door with a 20cm kitchen knife. Songs by Taylor Swift.

Rudakubana heard the screams within 30 seconds of entering the building at 11:45 a.m., 15 minutes before parents were expected to pick up their children.

Without saying a word, the teenager grabbed the girl closest to him and stabbed her before "systematically" stabbing as many children as he could in the small room, a senior police officer said.

They described the attack as "not a random act but a planned and premeditated mass murder."

Police said Elsie and Beibei's injuries were so serious that they had no chance of survival. Alice managed to run outside after the attack but died in hospital the next morning.

Rudacubana chased the young victims as they fled and stabbed them in the back as they tried to escape. One of the children managed to escape the building before he pulled her back and continued the attack.

When police arrived, Rudacubana was standing over the body of one of the victims, holding a large, bloodied knife in his hand, which he dropped on orders from police.

Detectives found a cache of weapons at his home, including a machete, knives and a set of arrowheads, as well as items used to make ricin.

Police said he used security software to order a number of weapons on Amazon to hide his identity and took possession of two of the knives on July 13, two weeks before the Southport attack. It's still available on Amazon for just £1.70.

Several officials said Rudacubana's internet history showed an "obsession with extreme violence," including the Rwandan genocide.

His father, Alphonse, moved to the UK in 2002 and is believed to have fought alongside the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA), the armed force that fought Rwanda's Hutu-dominated regime and ultimately ended the 1994 uprising. Mass genocide.

Police found material on two Lenovo tablets relating to Nazi Germany, Chechnya, Somali "clan cleansing", the Mau Mau War and a study on the "punishment of slave rebels" in the 18th century. They also found images of conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere.

He downloaded an academic research report on Al Qaeda, which was banned under terror laws as early as 2021, and police believe he may have used the research report to manufacture ricin.

In his bedroom, police found goggles, a pestle and mortar, a funnel and a flask containing trace amounts of ricin residue. The items were purchased from Amazon in 2022, two years before the Southport attack.

Even a dose of 0.5 milligrams can be fatal to adults, but police found no evidence that he had used the poison.

Ruda Kubana, who turned 13 in 2019, came to the attention of a range of services after experiencing "increasing anxiety and social isolation", local security officials said on Monday night.

In October of the same year, he was expelled from Range High School for entering the school with a knife. Two months later, he returned to school and attacked a child with a hockey stick.

A week before the Southport attack, Ruda Kubana's father stopped him from taking a taxi to Range High School, where he was believed to be planning to stab pupils.

The teenager booked a taxi using the pseudonym Simon at 12.20pm on July 22. Detectives believe it was no coincidence that school was letting out for summer just 10 minutes later.

Rudacubana was prevented from going to school when his father begged him not to go. The teen got out of his car and walked into his home after a neighbor witnessed an argument.

However, he showed up again seven days later, and that time he was not stopped, with tragic consequences.