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.

Government sources have told the BBC that Rudakubana had been referred to the government's counter-terrorism Prevent programme several times prior to the attack in Southport over his general obsession with violence.

Keir Starmer has said the Southport killings by teenager Axel Rudakubana 'must be a line in the sand for Britain' and there must be “fundamental change” in how the country protects its children. It comes as the government said they will undertake an inquiry into the 'barbaric' murders of three young girls at a Taylor Swift dance class last year.