A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.

The teen who killed three children at a Taylor Swift-inspired dance class in Southport, England has been sentenced to 52 years in prison. Axel Rudakubana, 18, admitted to fatally stabbing three girls and stabbing eight other children and two adults last July.

The mass stabbing in Southport, England, and misinformation about the attacker sparked days of rioting across the U.K.

A teen has pleaded guilty to murdering three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer.

Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, were killed in the July 2024 attack in Southport, England

Axel Rudakubana, 18, also pleaded guilty to 10 counts of attempted murder following the attack in summer last year

A violence-obsessed teenager was repeatedly interrupted his sentencing hearing for stabbing three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed summer dance class

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A British teenager on Thursday repeatedly interrupted the start of his sentencing for murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event last July, shouting from the dock that he was unwell before being removed.