Chilling footage shows Southport mass murderer Axel Rudakubana on his way to carry out stabbings
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This is the moment evil mass murderer Axel Rudakubana arrived by taxi as he plotted to kill as many young children as he could at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. Rudakubana, then 17, armed himself with a large kitchen knife and picked the class at The Hart Space in Southport for the attack, knowing it would be filled with young girls.
Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were stabbed to death on July 29, while eight other children and two adults were injured but survived. Rudakubana has been jailed for life at Liverpool crown court, and footage of the moments before the massacre have been released for the first time.
The first clip comes from dashcam footage of the teenager inside the taxi he took to the dance studio. Rudakubana, wearing a surgical mask and green hoodie, is heard asking for the specific location of the studio and staring intently out of the window.
The driver asks twice whether he wants to pay for the journey by cash or card, but Rudakubana ignores him and leaves the taxi instead. The second piece of footage also comes from the taxi, as the driver following Rudakubana in the hope he would pay his fare.
It shows Rudakubana approaching the dance studio, peering inside the building for a second before entering and heading to the first floor. The court has heard Rudakubana entered the dance class and quickly started grabbing girls who were nearest to him and stabbing them.
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