The murder of three young girls in Southport last July shows that Britain faces a new type of terrorism threat in the form of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday.

Knife attacker Axel Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls at a dance class in Southport on the first day of his trial. The 18-year-old, from Banks in Lancashire, stabbed Alice da Silva Aguiar,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that the Southport knife attack last July was a sign that the country faces a new type of terrorism threat in the form of extreme violence perpetrated by loners.