An inquiry into the Southport killings found that not only was Axel Rudakubana obsessed with crossbows, he was trying to buy them several times when he was clearly underage View 4 Images Axel Rudakubana had attempted to buy a crossbow on two separate occasions two years before the Southport stabbings (Image: PA)

An inquiry into the Southport stabbings has found the killer had tried to buy crossbows when he was only 15-years-old. Axel Rudakubana would go on to pester two companies several times to buy a crossbow, but was denied after it emerged he was underage. ‌

Rudakubana is currently serving a whole life term in prison after he carried out the shocking stabbings in Southport last July. He targeted a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, and claimed the lives of Bebe King, El

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