Anger is growing over the media's decision to publish images of innocent children of the London stabber who killed three children.
On Monday, a suspect attacked children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga workshop in Southport, UK, with a knife. Three children were stabbed to death and eight were injured.
CCTV footage reportedly shows the suspect walking the streets wearing a face mask and a green hoodie before the stabbing.
It took days, but the suspect has finally been publicly identified as Axel Rudakubana, a 17-year-old who is believed to be 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 6-year-old Bebe King, 7-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and 9-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar, as well as the attempted murders of eight other children, a yoga teacher and a man of business at the children's event on Monday in Southport.”
Below is one of the images of him that have been released by the media:
This is Southport killer Axel Muganwa Rudakubana.
The media has released pictures from years ago of the killer when he was a schoolboy.
Today's court sketch shows the 17-year-old hiding his face after being charged with the murders of 3 children and the attempted murders 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 campaigner Tommy Robinson demanding the media releases an “updated photo” and identifies Rudakubana's “motivation.”
See more reaction below:
The media is once again covering up a horrific violent crime because the perpetrator doesn't fit their narrative
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) August 1, 2024
I also don't understand why they are putting this picture up. He looks like an innocent and sweet little boy. He is not a vile monster
— Andrie Nel (@nel_andrie) August 1, 2024
Definition of domestic terrorist and no matter how many pictures of babies 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? Nothing changes. People are tired of the crime that has been imported.
— ☀️✝️ (@gelisa17) August 1, 2024
I was 8 years old in this photo. He had been in Wales for 2 years, he was expelled from school for carrying knives. He murdered 3 babies and stabbed 11 in total. They are using his boyhood photo to gain sympathy for him. He's 18 in 8 days, he's a grown man now.
— ViolentHippi (@GrannygotanAK47) August 1, 2024
During Rudakubana's first court appearance Thursday, he smiled as he entered the courtroom, but then proceeded to cover his face with his sweatshirt, reports said. The Comet.
Locals reported that he did not mix well with others.
“No one knows them,” said one neighbor. “I only saw the father who went to work. You can't believe anything like this happens in these kinds of places.”
Reports have also emerged on social media that he wanted genocide to occur in the UK
“Alex was kicked out for carrying a knife,” someone who knew him wrote online. “He was in my class and he told us we needed a genocide like they had in Rwanda to solve the problems. The police knew him and he was known to social services.”
He had been kicked out of school for carrying a knife and allegedly saying we need a genocide like Rwanda, to fix things.
— Ankush sharma (@Aku_700) August 1, 2024
He wanted genocide. I wonder who against… pic.twitter.com/yLXnsSZMOi
— Thick Shelled Egg (@ThickShelledEgg) August 1, 2024
Rudakubana's actions led to mass protests, to which the corporate propaganda press responded by shouting foul about the alleged “extreme right”.
Specific case:
NEW: Far-right protesters are intimidating police officers at a rally planned for tonight in Southport pic.twitter.com/FoZ8l2XqvK
— UK Politics (@PolitlcsUK) July 30, 2024
This kind of warped coverage led to another round of angry recriminations.
Look at:
Angry about stabbing kids isn't very straight, ghoul
— ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) July 30, 2024
“extreme right”
When you're on the far left like the corporate media is, everything looks far right.
— The Rational Post (@therationalpost) July 30, 2024
Far right or just concerned parents and citizens who are sick of seeing their children slaughtered!
— Lisa (@aquitainexox) July 30, 2024
They are heroes who oppose the brutal stabbing of innocent children. Stop using the term “far right”, dummy. I fully support them.
– Vivid. (@VividProwess) July 30, 2024
Of course, the media finds a way to make the stabbings of three girls by a second-generation Rwandan immigrant into far-right cocooning.
— Wolf (@WorldByWolf) July 30, 2024
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