17-year-old suspect in UK dance class stabbings is named in court

London, Aug 1 (AP) A 17-year-old boy charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder for the stabbings at a dance class in northwest England was named in court on Thursday as Axel Rudakubana.
    Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary said that despite not being an adult, the boy can be named because he will turn 18 next week.
    The teen appeared in Liverpool Crown Court on charges of murder in the deaths of Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6, in the seaside town of Southport.
    He also faces 10 counts of attempted murder for the eight children and two adults who were gravely injured.
    Police have not disclosed a motive for the crime, but the charges revealed that the alleged murder weapon was a kitchen knife with a curved blade. (AP) AMS

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