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Southport stabbings were 'savage and senseless' as mugshot of attacker Axel Rudakubana released

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Axel Rudakubana, 18 , pleaded guilty to three counts of murder at Liverpool Crown Court .

He admitted stabbing Bebe King , six , Elsie Dot Stancombe , seven , and Alice Dasilva Aguiar , nine .

He also admitted possessing the poison ricin and having an al Qaeda manual.

The attacks led to a week of rioting across parts of England and Northern Ireland after he was falsely identified as an asylum seeker.

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