Southport murder accused facing terror charge

The teen accused of the stabbing murders of 3 young girls successful Southport has been charged with producing the poison ricin and possessing a subject survey of an Al Qaeda grooming manual.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, has been charged with accumulation of a biologic toxin contrary to conception 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974.

He has besides been charged with possessing a PDF papers of a benignant apt to beryllium utile to a idiosyncratic committing to oregon preparing an enactment of terrorism, contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

The accused volition look astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

Merseyside Police's Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said that the unit would proceed to pb the probe into the stabbings connected 29 July.

Counter Terrorism Police person not declared the incidental a violent incident.

Both the ricin and the grooming manual were recovered arsenic portion of searches of the suspect's location successful the Lancashire colony of Banks pursuing the stabbing.

No ricin was recovered astatine the country of the stabbing successful Southport and constabulary said the poison they discovered presented a debased hazard to the public.

The charges which person been added bash not necessitate a motive to beryllium established.

In bid for the incidental to beryllium classed arsenic a violent incident, motive would request to beryllium established.

The teen is already charged with murdering Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, astatine a Taylor Swift-themed creation class.

He is besides charged with 10 counts of attempted execution and possession of a knife.

A proceedings is expected to statesman successful January.