Inquiry into Southport killings launched

The United Kingdom's prime minister admitted on Tuesday the government had failed to prevent the terror-related murders of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last year and that the country would redefine terrorism as a result.

Keir Starmer said 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana's murders on July 29 of three girls in the town of Southport in northwest England should not have been allowed to happen.

He added that the case should serve as a "line in the sand" after which government departments and law enforcement agencies change their thinking about who constitutes a terror threat.