Teen pleads guilty to killing three girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class

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Violent groups made up mostly of men who were mobilized by far-right activists on social media attacked mosques and hotels housing migrants, tossed beer bottles, rocks and other weapons at police, and set fire to cars as they clashed with officers in dozens of cities.

More than 1,200 people were arrested for the disorder and hundreds have been jailed for up to nine years in prison.

“These were just little kids at a dance class”: Taylor Swift posted a message on her Instagram in response to the Southport stabbing attack.Credit: Instagram/Getty Images

Rudakubana, who was born in Wales to Rwandan immigrants, pleaded guilty to murder in the deaths of Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6.

Eight other girls, ranging in age from 7 to 13, were wounded, along with instructor Leanne Lucas and Jonathan Hayes, who worked in a business next door and intervened. Fifteen other girls, as young as 5, were at the class but uninjured.

Several months after his arrest on the day of the killings, Rudakubana was charged with additional counts for production of a biological toxin, ricin and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism for having the manual in a document on his computer.

Riot police hold back protesters near a burning police vehicle after disorder broke out in Southport.

Riot police hold back protesters near a burning police vehicle after disorder broke out in Southport.Credit: Getty Images

Police have said the stabbings haven’t been classified as acts of terrorism because the motive isn’t yet known.

AP

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