LONDON: The homicide of three younger ladies in Southport final July exhibits that Britain faces a brand new sort of terrorism menace within the type of excessive violence perpetrated by loners who have been impressed on-line, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer mentioned on Tuesday (Jan 21).
British teenager Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded responsible to the murders on Monday following the knife assault at a Taylor Swift-themed dance occasion final yr – a criminal offense that led to days of violent riots.
“The blunt fact right here is that this case is an indication Britain now faces a brand new menace. Terrorism has modified,” Starmer advised a press convention.
“Prior to now a predominant menace was extremely organised teams with clear political intent, teams like al Qaeda.
“That menace, after all, stays, however now alongside that, we additionally see acts of maximum violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, younger males of their bed room accessing all method of fabric on-line, determined for notoriety, typically impressed by conventional terrorist teams, however fixated on that excessive violence, seemingly for its personal sake.”
The federal government has introduced a public inquiry into the murders, promising to look at the failures of state establishments which have been warned about Rudakubana, however which did not stop the assault.
Starmer mentioned the nation’s terrorism legal guidelines may very well be modified if wanted.
