Pictures show armoury of weapons Southport killer stored in bedroom
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Pictures have been released of the armoury of weapons teenage killer Axel Rudakubana stored in his bedroom. When police raided his home after he carried out the attack in Southport on July 29, they found knives, archery arrows and a mystery substance later found to be ricin, a biological toxin 6,000 times more poisonous than cyanide.
The poison was found in a sealed food container under his bed at Old School Close, Banks, where officers also found a pair of safety goggles, a lab beaker and a pestle and mortar. A bag which had contained castor seeds, used to make the substance, was also found, having been bought in 2022.
The form the poison was found in was deemed to be “low to very low risk”. Also at the property were a machete, 12 archery arrows and a knife identical to the one used in the attack at The Hart Space dance studio in Southport. The PA news agency found several listings for what appeared to be the same knife available online, including on Amazon.
Images and documents relating to violence, war and genocide were found on his devices. The internet browsing history on a laptop in his home was deleted shortly before Rudakubana left the house, investigations are understood to have found. Among the items found on two tablet computers belonging to the 18-year-old were documents including A Concise History Of Nazi Germany and The Myth Of The Remote Controlled Car Bomb, the PA news agency understands.
