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.

Axel Rudakubana, 18, has pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial at Liverpool Crown Court to murdering three young girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. Rudakabana,

Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died following the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed class.

Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice de Silva Aguiar were stabbed to death during a Taylor Swift-themed dance party last summer

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.