The horrific murders of three young girls in Southport “could have been - and should have been - prevented”, an inquiry has found. Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event on 29 July 2024 by twisted Axel Rudakubana (AR), then aged 17. An inquiry into the brutal attack has listed five major areas of systemic failure across multiple agencies which could have stopped him and concludes the attack was "foreseeable