Anger is brewing over the decision by the media to release innocent child images of the London stabber who killed three children.
On Monday, a suspect attacked children at a Taylor Swift-themed yoga and dance workshop in Southport, U.K. with a knife. Three children were stabbed to death and eight were injured.
CCTV footage reportedly shows that the suspect wandered the streets with a face mask and green hoodie prior to the stabbing.
It took days, but the suspect has finally been publicly identified as Axel Rudakubana, a 17-year-old reportedly from Rwanda.
“Rudakubana 17, was born in Cardiff, Wales, to Rwandan parents,” according to the New York Post. “He is charged with the murders of Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, as well as the attempted murder of eight other children, a yoga teacher, and a businessman at the kids’ event Monday in Southport.”
Below is one of the pictures of him that the media has released:
This is Southport killer Axel Muganwa Rudakubana.
The media have released years old images of the killer as a school child.
The court sketch today, shows the 17 year old hiding his face after being charged with murder of 3 children and attempted murder of 8 children, 2 adults. pic.twitter.com/0CaO4FKmSl
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 1, 2024
The photo has sparked massive outrage, with prominent British conservative activist Tommy Robinson demanding the media release an “updated picture” and identify Rudakubana’s “motivation.”
See more backlash below:
Media is covering up a horrible violent crime once again because the assailant doesn’t fit their narrative
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) August 1, 2024
I also don’t understand why they are putting that photo up. That looks like a sweet innocent little kid. Not a vile monster
— Andrie Nel (@nel_andrie) August 1, 2024
Definition of home grown terrorist and no matter how many baby pictures they show us, we know the truth.
— Vera (@4v8qgxn5hg) August 1, 2024
What is the purpose of releasing a baby picture. Do they think this will ease the pain of what he did. It changes nothing. People are tired of the crime that has been imported.
— ☀️✝️ (@gelisa17) August 1, 2024
He was 8 yrs old in this photo He had been in Wales for 2 yrs, He was expelled from school for carrying knives. He murdered 3 babies and stabbed 11 in total. They are using his boy hood photo to garner sympathy for him. He is 18 in 8 days time, He is a grown man now.
— ViolentHippi (@GrannygotanAK47) August 1, 2024
During Rudakubana’s first appearance in court on Thursday, he smiled when entering the courtroom but then proceeded to cover up his face with his sweatshirt, according to The Comet.
Locals reported that he didn’t mix well with others.
“Nobody knows them,” one neighbor said. “It’s only the father who went to work who I’ve ever seen. You can’t believe anything would happen like this in this sort of place.”
Reports have also emerged on social media that he’d wanted a genocide to occur in the U.K.
“Alex was expelled for carrying a knife,” someone who knew him reportedly wrote online. “He was in my class and told us that we needed a genocide like they had in Rwanda to fix the problems. Police knew him and he was known to social services.”
He had been expelled from school for carrying a knife and allegedly saying that we needed a genocide like in Rwanda, to straighten things up
— Ankush sharma (@Aku_700) August 1, 2024
He wanted genocide. I wonder against whom… pic.twitter.com/yLXnsSZMOi
— Thick Shelled Egg (@ThickShelledEgg) August 1, 2024
Rudakubana’s actions sparked massive protests, to which the propaganda corporate press responded by crying foul about the supposed “far-right.”
Case in point:
NEW: Far-right protestors are now intimidating police officers at tonight’s planned rally in Southport pic.twitter.com/FoZ8l2XqvK
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) July 30, 2024
This kind of warped coverage triggered another round of angry recriminations.
Look:
Angry about child stabbings isn’t far right you ghoul
— ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) July 30, 2024
“far right”
When you’re the far left like corporate media is, everything looks far right.
— The Rational Post (@therationalpost) July 30, 2024
Far Right or just fathers & concerned citizens who are sick of seeing their kids being slaughtered!
— Lisa (@aquitainexox) July 30, 2024
They’re heroes who stand against the brutal stabbing of innocent children. Stop using the term “far-right,” you dummy. I fully support them.
— Vivid. (@VividProwess) July 30, 2024
Of course the media find a way to make the stabbings of three little girls by a second generation Rwandan immigrant all about the far-right boogeyman
— Wolf (@WorldByWolf) July 30, 2024
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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