October 29th 2024.
According to police, Axel Rudakubana, an 18-year-old teenager, has been accused of a horrific stabbing attack in England that resulted in the deaths of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. But the charges against him have now escalated as he has also been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and possessing a jihadi training manual, which is considered a terror offense.
Merseyside Police revealed on Tuesday that Rudakubana, who is already facing charges for the murder of three girls and the stabbing of 10 other people in July, had produced ricin in his home. They also discovered a computer file containing an Al-Qaida training manual titled "Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants."
For those who may not be aware, ricin is a highly toxic substance derived from the castor bean plant. It is considered one of the deadliest toxins in the world and has no known vaccine or antidote. It works by preventing cells from producing proteins, ultimately leading to cell death.
However, despite these new developments, police have stated that the July attack is not being classified as a terrorist incident, as they are still trying to determine the motive behind it. The stabbing took place during the first week of summer vacation, as young girls between the ages of 6 and 11 were participating in a two-hour dance and yoga session.
Witnesses described the scene as chaotic, with blood-curdling screams and children covered in blood running from the studio. Even the first officers who arrived on the scene were shocked by the number of casualties, according to Chief Constable Serena Kennedy.
Rudakubana, who was already facing three counts of murder for the deaths of Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9; Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7; and Bebe King, 6; has now also been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder for the eight children and two adults who were injured in the attack.
Unfortunately, this tragic incident was also used by far-right activists to fuel anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiments, as misinformation spread on social media about Rudakubana being an asylum seeker. This led to riots in various parts of England and Northern Ireland for a week.
According to police, Rudakubana was born in Wales to Rwandan parents and was raised as a Christian. Dr. Renu Bindra of the UK Health Security Agency has stated that there is no evidence that anyone was exposed to ricin during the attack or afterwards, and the risk to the public is low. No ricin was found at the site of the stabbing.
It's worth noting that ricin is estimated to be 6000 times more poisonous than cyanide and can be fatal when inhaled, ingested, injected, or swallowed. In fact, just one milligram, which is equivalent to the weight of a grain of salt, is enough to kill an adult. While there have been several trials around the world in recent years related to ricin being used for murder or terror plots, there have been very few successful cases of it being used to cause fatalities.
One of the rare instances was the death of Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov in 1978. He was killed in London after a pinhead-sized pellet laced with ricin was injected into his thigh, allegedly by a rigged umbrella.
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