Shocking cache of weapons found in Southport killer’s home after he bought knife & poison from Amazon before rampage
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SHOCKING photos show the cache of horror weapons found at the home of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana. The warped teenager, 18, bought knives from Amazon and purchased equipment to make deadly ricin before launching his horror attack. He stabbed to death three little girls and injured 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 last year.
![[Mugshot of Axel Rudakubana.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/undated-handout-photo-issued-merseyside-965943227.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
Rudakubana was arrested minutes later, before police made horrifying discoveries during a subsequent search of his home three miles away. He had amassed a collection of weapons including knives, machetes and arrows - having later admitted carrying a blade more than ten times.
![[A machete and its sheath on a white surface with a ruler for scale.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/strictly-embargoed-conclusion-sentencing-axel-965844094.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The terrifying knives are understood to have been purchased when he was 17 - a fortnight before the attack. Rudakubana also made two attempts to purchase a £1.70, 20cm-long kitchen knife in the month before his atrocity, having used security software to hide his identity.
![[Ten arrows arranged for evidence.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/strictly-embargoed-conclusion-sentencing-axel-965844083.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Also found was a Tupperware box, pestle, mortar, conical flask and a pair of goggles. It comes after The Sun revealed Rudakubana bought equipment to make the poison ricin on Amazon in 2022. Other photos from the search of the property reveal a living room strewn with cardboard boxes, plastic bags and other rubbish and a messy bunk bed filled with Amazon packages in Rudakubana's room.
![[Illustration of a timeline showing the events of the Southport massacre.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JW_21_01_SOUTHPORT_TIMELINE_MAP.png?strip=all&w=752)
Wearing a green hoodie and a blue surgical face mask, the warped killer can also be seen in the back seat of a taxi as he journeyed to carry out the attack. The photo can be revealed for the first time after the triple murderer was today sentenced to a whole life order at the Old Bailey.
![[Close-up of a bag containing a knife and a curved weapon.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/strictly-embargoed-conclusion-sentencing-axel-965844075.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
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