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Are we missing the point about the ‘Amazon killer’ Axel Rudakubana?

22 January 2025

10:59 PM

22 January 2025

10:59 PM

‘The Amazon Killer’, screams the Sun front page today. ‘Total disgrace he was able to buy knife on Amazon,’ says the Daily Mirror. The backlash to the news that Southport murderer Axel Rudakubana brought his weapon online has been swift. But blaming Amazon for what happened on that horrific day last summer is missing the point.

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