The prosecutor described a scene of horror, with the court docket proven video footage of screaming younger ladies fleeing the constructing. One bloodied woman was seen collapsing exterior, frightening gasps and sobs from the general public gallery.
He additionally pleaded responsible to 10 costs of tried homicide relating to the assault, in addition to to producing the deadly poison ricin and possessing an al Qaeda coaching guide.
Earlier than Rudakubana’s outburst, Heer had mentioned he was not impressed by any political or spiritual ideology.
“His solely function was to kill and he focused the youngest, most susceptible with a view to unfold the best degree of worry and outrage, which he succeeded in doing,” she mentioned.
“While underneath arrest on the police station after the incident, Axel Rudakubana was heard to say ‘It is a good factor these kids are useless … I am so glad … so completely satisfied’.”
Heer mentioned pictures and paperwork discovered on a pc at his house confirmed “he had a long-standing obsession with violence, killing and genocide”.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has mentioned there have been “grave questions” for the state to reply as to why the murders came about.
The federal government has introduced a public inquiry into the case after it mentioned Rudakubana had been referred 3 times to Stop, a counter-radicalisation scheme, however no motion had been taken.
Starmer has mentioned the assault might present that Britain faces a brand new sort of terrorism risk waged by “loners, misfits, younger males of their bedrooms” committing excessive violence.