Teen Pleads Guilty to Murdering Three Girls at Taylor Swift Dance Class in Southport

Jan 20, 2025, 01:09 PM

An 18-year-old British teenager, Axel Rudakubana, pleaded guilty to the murders of three young girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July. The victims were six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar. The attack also wounded ten others. Rudakubana admitted to three counts of murder and ten counts of attempted murder on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court.