Axel Rudakubana, 18, will probably never be released, a judge ruled as he condemned the “extreme violence” of his knife attack on a dance class last year.

A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting.

A teen has pleaded guilty to murdering three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer.

The Sun quotes the parents of one of the children who was injured in the attack but survived, named only as Child A, saying: "When we think of Southport we'll think of the girls. Their bravery. Their strength. He will not win."

Axel Rudakubana is set to be sentenced and faces a long custodial term after pleading guilty to murdering three young girls at a dance class in Southport in northwest England.

Axel Rudakubana, then 17, unleashed an attack on 30 July during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class – in the chaotic hours following the incident, misinformation began spreading online

After a teenager admitted murdering three girls at a dance class, Keir Starmer said people were being radicalized into violence for its own sake and terrorism laws might need to change.

Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three young girls and injured several more people in a mass stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift dance class in England's north west last year, is sentenced to 52 years behind bars.

A British teenager who pled guilty to fatally stabbing three girls at a Taylor Swift-inspired dance class in England was sentenced to life in prison.

Axel Rudakubana, who killed three young girls in the Southport attack, appeared to have no particular ideology but was obsessed by violence and genocide, investigators said.

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