A UK teenager's 2024 frenzied stabbing spree in northwest England which killed three young girls and sparked nationwide anti-immigration riots was "foreseeable and avoidable", a public inquiry concluded Monday.
The attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, which seriously wounded 10 others, including eight children, could have been prevented if the killer's parents and various agencies had acted sooner over his "escalating behaviour", it found.
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