Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, 17, is named for the first time as he appears in court charged with murdering three little girls on Monday

Fatalities were listed as Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9 – killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance summer camp for girls in Southport, Lancashire, UK 9

He is also charged with the attempted murders of eight more children, along with dance teacher Leanne Lucas, 35, and businessman John Hayes

The suspect who turns 18 in just six days time, was born to Rwandan parents in Cardiff, Wales

A judge lifted the mantle of protection covering the identity of a the minor suspect after ruling against an order protecting his identity

Ruling comes in the wake of violent riots fueled by incendiary disinformation about the suspect’s origins and status by fake Russian websites

Judge Andrew Menary admonished that, ‘By continuing to prevent full reporting at this stage has the disadvantage of allowing others who are up to mischief to continue to spread misinformation in a vacuum’

With a current photo yet to the published, a court illustrator created this drawing of triple-murder Suspect Axel Rudakubana covering his face as he appeared in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday

A judge lifted the mantle of protection covering the identity of a teenager charged with murdering three children and harming 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance.
Just six days shy of his 18th birthday, Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, who was born to Rwandan parents in Cardiff, Wales in 2006 before moving to the village of Banks in Lancashire in 2013, appeared in a magistrates court in Liverpool accused of carrying out the attack that killed three young girls – Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9.
Rudakubana is also accused of the attempted murders of eight more children, along with 35-year-old dance teacher Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes. 
Up until now, the teenage suspect’s identity could not be revealed because being a minor he receive automatic anonymity, except for in exceptional circumstance.
However, in the opinion of Judge Andrew Menary, by continuing to prevent full reporting at this stage has the disadvantage of allowing others who are up to mischief to continue to spread misinformation in a vacuum.

Southport knife rampage suspect Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, [photo as a child], is charged with murdering three little girls and harming 10 others including two adults. He is 17, soon to be 18

That automatic anonymity was rolled back after a successful application to the presiding judge which granted media the right to publish Rudakubana’s.
In granting the order lifting the lid on the suspect’s identity, Judge Andrew Menary observed that he had to weigh the risk to the suspect and his family while him is in custody against the interest and the rights of the public to accurate reporting of persons involved in the case.
It came as no surprise after far-right mobs took to the streets of Southport and and other major UK cities this week after a fake news website spread misinformation about the identity of the suspect.
Russian state media were among those falsely claiming that the suspect had arrived by boat to the UK last year. Furthermore, the website claims that the suspect had been on an M16 watch list.
Those incendiary claims could be linked to violent riots around the UK this week, which saw dozens of police officers injured, with police cruisers and emergency vehicles set on fire. 

Rudakubana, seen [photo], as a child, is charged with murdering three little girls and harming 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport with a ‘curved kitchen knife’

Triple-murder suspect Axel Rudakubana [photo], could not previously be named because he was sill days to stop being a minor, he turns 18 in six days. A court order filed under ‘exceptional circumstances’ lifted the lid on his anonymity

In a bid to quell tensions as the riots spread to London, Manchester, Hartlepool and Aldershot Judge Menary revealed Rudakubana’s identity.
On Wednesday the murder suspect’s arrival at Liverpool magistrates court was met by dozens of people, shouting. Photos showed a man being held back by police officers as the van transporting the suspect drove past.
The revelation comes as two children hurt in the attack were discharged from Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, with five others in a ‘stable condition’

Killed: Bebe King, 6, was one of the three youngsters killed in the stabbing rampage by Axel Rudakubana in Southport on Monday

Killed: Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, was also fatally wounded in the attack

Killed: Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, was one of three little girls whom Rudakubana has been charged with their murder

Cardiff born Axel Rudakubana [L-R pictured as a child], is also accused of the attempted murders of 10 more people – eight children, along with dance teacher Leanne Lucas, 35, and businessman John Hayes

Usually a defendant under the age of 18 is granted anonymity during court proceedings.
This means media are not allowed to name or picture them unless there are exceptional circumstances. 
Today, however, Judge Andrew Menary decided to name Axel Rudakubana.
In lifting the ban on identifying a minor suspect, Judge Andrew Menary said he had to balance the risk to the defendant’s family and the initial risk while in custody against the public interest in accurately reporting the identity.
During a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court, Judge Menary listened to 20 minutes of legal submissions before ruling against an order protecting the teenage suspect’s identity.

Alleged child killer Axel Rudakubana is seen traveling to a courthouse in Liverpool under heavy security cordon 

Restive public reaction requires police intervention as the white van [right], carrying Axel Rudakubana who is accused of killing three young girls arrives as Liverpool Magistrates Court on Wednesday 

He said: ‘Whilst I accept it is exceptional giving his age, principally because he is 18 in six days’ time, I do not make an order under section 45.
‘Continuing to prevent the full reporting has the disadvantage of allowing others to spread misinformation, in a vacuum.’ 
He noted that any order would have been lifted on Rudakubana when he turned 18 anyways. 
The judge’s decision comes after misinformation spread by fake news websites and Russian state media wrongly identified the suspect.
he judge admonished that: ‘Allowing full reporting will undoubtedly remove some of the misreporting as to the identity of the defendant.’
A provisional trial date at Liverpool Crown Court, set to last six weeks, was scheduled for January 20 next year.
Rudakubana appeared at the hearing covering his whole face, with his grey sweatshirt pulled up to his hairline. Occasionally he would rock back and forth, side to side.
He was ordered to be remanded in youth accommodation detention until his next court appearance at Liverpool Crown Court on October 25 for a plea and trial preparation hearing. 
Judge Menary told the defendant: ‘You are remanded to youth detention accommodation until these proceedings have been completed.
‘That position might change when you achieve your majority in a short while.’

Rudakubana in this courtroom illustration covers his face in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court after being charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder 

Rudakubana who is also charged with possessing an offensive weapon, earlier Thursday attended a hearing at Liverpool City Magistrates’ Court, lasting just five minutes.
The prosecutor Deanna Heer told the court the defendant used a ‘kitchen knife with a curved blade’ during the rampage. 
The suspect arrived at the court around 9.30am in a white prison van flanked by a large escort of at least eight police vehicles, to large police presence comes amid fears angry protesters will turn up outside the courthouse, following a series of riots have swept the country in recent days.
More than 100 people were arrested in London last night following a far-right protest in Whitehall, with further unrest in Hartlepool, Manchester and Aldershot. 
On Tuesday night, an angry mob took to the streets of Southport after a vigil to remember victims of the mass stabbing at the workshop attended by 25 children.

The convoy of police vans escorted the prison van transporting Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, 17, leaves Liverpool Crown Court where he was charged with three counts of murder, attempted murder and weapons possession

The suspect was surrounded by a convoy of eight police cars and vans, with authorities fearing they could be met with angry protesters following Monday night’s riots across UK – incited allegedly, by disinformation spread by fake Russian websites  

First responders and police forensic teams work at the scene as emergency crews battled to save victims after a group of children were attacked by a knife-wielding maniac at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class

The defendant accused of entering a dance studio in Hart Street and attacking children and adults who were inside on Monday afternoon.
Eight other children suffered knife wounds, with five hospitalized in a critical condition in hospital, while two adults who tried to save the young ones in the summer camp.
The adults harmed were dance teacher Leanne Lucas, 35, and businessman John Hayes who tried to help were also seriously wounded, as well. 
In a statement Merseyside Police said yesterday: ‘We can confirm that a 17-year-old boy from Banks has been charged with the murders of Bebe, Elsie Dot and Alice; 10 counts of attempted murder; and Possession of a bladed article, following the tragic incident in Southport on Monday, 29 July.
‘He has been remanded in custody to appear tomorrow, Thursday 1 August at Liverpool Magistrates Court, Derby Square.’

Injured: dance teacher Leanne Lucas, [photo], who organized the Taylor Swift-themed summer camp for the children, has had life-saving surgery and is now awake, her family said on Wednesday

Mementos, flowers and tributes are left at a memorial to victims set at the scene of the stabbings on Hart Street, Southport

Sarah Hammond, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS Mersey-Cheshire, reminded the public that the defendant has the right to a fair trial.
‘It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary, or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.’
The suspect was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, in the village of Banks, just outside Southport. However, false claims online that the suspect was an asylum seeker who had arrived in the UK by boat had sparked riots across Southport on Tuesday night, despite pleas from one of the victim’s mother’s for calm.
Thousands of people turned out to pay their respects to the victims at a vigil in Southport, but violence later erupted outside a mosque in the town with 53 police officers and three police dogs injured. Five men have been arrested following that incident.

A police van blazed in Southport on Tuesday night during protests after disinformation about the suspect in the Southport mass stabbings led to riots on the streets

The riots began barely an hour after thousands of mourners gathered for a vigil at the Atkinson in Southport

After rioting broke out, Elsie’s mother, Jenni Stancombe, appealed for calm in a social media post, writing on Facebook: ‘This is the only thing that I will write, but please please stop the violence in Southport tonight.
‘The police have been nothing but heroic these last 24 hours and they and we don’t need this.’
Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, who is set to face questions this afternoon after crisis talks with police over the outbreak of rioting, noted that rioters had ‘hijacked’ a vigil for victims and will ‘feel the full force of the law’, while Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described the rioting as ‘violent attacks from thugs on the streets’, which she branded ‘appalling’.

Mob set fire near a mosque as thugs took to the streets in Southport on Tuesday night

On Wednesday, a clean up operation took place outside the mosque, with residents coming together to clear roads where fires had been set and rebuild walls which had been knocked down.
Police called in support from neighboring forces in case of further disorder, but the seaside town appeared to remain quiet on Wednesday evening, however unrest developed in other areas of the country.
More than 100 people were arrested in London after crowds gathered in Whitehall turned on police, throwing bottles and cans at officers in riot gear.

Mourners leave floral tributes near the scene in Hart Street, where three children died and eight were injured in a ‘ferocious’ knife attack

Some were heard shouting the name of English Defense League founder Tommy Robinson, while others shouted ‘Rule Britannia’, ‘save our kids’ and ‘stop the boats’ and chanting ‘you’re not English any more’. Met Police revealed that ‘Over 100 people have been arrested for offenses including violent disorder, assault on an emergency worker, and breach of protest conditions. Some officers suffered minor injuries.’
Meanwhile the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan reminded rioters that the ‘disorder and violence yesterday evening were completely unacceptable’.