Southport killer's brother asks whether attack could have been prevented

"The inquiry is examining how such a troubled teenager with a known obsession with knives and extreme violence who was referred three times to the counter-radicalisation scheme Prevent was able to carry out what Fulford called one of the most egregious crimes in our country's history. At the time of the attack on 29 July last year, Dion Rudakubana was studying mathematics at the University of Warwick, where he helped lead its opera and brass societies."

"In a witness statement published by the inquiry on Wednesday, Dion Rudakubana said he had limited interaction with his younger brother in the years before the mass stabbing owing to his studies and because he is a wheelchair user. He said he wanted to help Fulford, a retired senior judge, because his brother's actions have caused the most immense pain, anguish and grief to the lives of so many people."

Dion Rudakubana asked Sir Adrian Fulford to examine whether social services and other agencies could have prevented Axel Rudakubana's mass stabbing. The inquiry is investigating how a troubled teenager with a known obsession with knives and extreme violence, who was referred three times to the Prevent counter-radicalisation scheme, was able to carry out the attack on 29 July. Axel had been expelled from school in October 2019 for carrying a knife and attacking a student, which contributed to his progressive isolation. Dion said he had limited interaction with his brother because of university studies and because he uses a wheelchair. Dion supports the inquiry's aim to identify lessons to minimise future harm.

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