"The teenager admitted having the Al Qaeda Training Manual' - the same document used by violence-obsessed Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three girls in a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the Merseyside town in 2024. Morgan, from Cwmbran in South Wales, told friends he wanted to target the Oasis concert at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on 4 July last year"
"He went on to tell a psychiatric nurse on 2 June that he wanted to hurt others and planned to commit a Rudakubana-style attack, Ms Bramwell said. Morgan said he had been researching bombs and poison and how to stab and kill people, having enjoyed watching terrorist attacks. He was arrested later the same day, and officers seized his mobile phone, on which the terrorist manual was found."
McKenzie Morgan, 18, was sentenced to 14 months' detention for possession of information likely to be useful to a terrorist. He admitted possessing the 'Al Qaeda Training Manual', the same document used by Axel Rudakubana in a deadly 2024 Merseyside attack. Morgan told friends he planned to target the Oasis concert at Cardiff's Principality Stadium and had notes about a local dance school and playground. Snapchat messages showed praise for Rudakubana and attempts to make ricin. He told a psychiatric nurse he intended a Rudakubana-style attack, had researched bombs, poison and stabbing techniques, and was arrested with the manual on his phone.
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