After his expulsion, Mr. Rudakubana was enrolled on the Acorns School in Lancashire, which caters to kids with particular wants, and at Presfield High School and Specialist College. But he struggled to combine, the safeguarding company mentioned, a scenario that worsened after the pandemic started in 2020 and colleges closed. Despite professionals’ efforts to have interaction with him, he “continued to face challenges associated to his emotional and behavioral well-being, social interactions and training,” the company mentioned, and his attendance was restricted.
‘Savagery and senselessness’
On July 22, Mr. Rudakubana booked a taxi to take him to Range High School, in response to a neighborhood police official. But his father ran outdoors and pleaded with the motive force to not take him, and ultimately Mr. Rudakubana returned to the home. CCTV footage confirmed him carrying the identical hooded sweatshirt and masks that he would put on per week later, through the Southport assault. No extra data was supplied on the incident.
On that morning of the assault, two academics arrange a room at Hart Space, a yoga and neighborhood studio in Southport. They laid out a station for bracelet making and an space for yoga, they usually lined up a playlist of Taylor Swift songs, prepared for the 26 children who arrived round 10 a.m. The class had been marketed on an Instagram account and had shortly bought out.
As the category neared its finish, simply earlier than midday, Mr. Rudakubana arrived in a taxi and walked into the constructing, the place he stabbed to demise Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9. Eight different kids have been wounded, together with Leanne Lucas, the organizer of the occasion, who tried to protect the kids, and John Hayes, a businessman who labored close by and who tried to deal with Mr. Rudakubana.