{"id":263604,"date":"2025-03-21T09:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/southport-attack-parents-share-andrew-tate-radicalisation-fears\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:01:19","slug":"southport-attack-parents-share-andrew-tate-radicalisation-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/southport-attack-parents-share-andrew-tate-radicalisation-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Southport attack parents share Andrew Tate ‘radicalisation’ fears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andrew Tate, who has millions of followers on social media, has been accused of radicalising young men with misogynistic content<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The parents of a Southport attack survivor said teenage boys need to be protected from the “terrifying” impact of the influencer Andrew Tate. <\/p>\n

Their daughter, referred to as Child A, was stabbed more than 30 times on 29 July by then-17-year-old Axel Rudakubana, in an attack that killed three young girls. <\/p>\n

On Thursday the family’s local MP Paul Foster (South Ribble) read a statement from them in a Commons debate on knife crime.<\/p>\n

He said Child A’s parents praised tougher knife crime laws but said work to tackle the problem needed to begin with educating children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They added “counter messaging” aimed at young people was needed to oppose what they were being exposed to online.<\/p>\n

The parents criticised Mr Tate’s effect on teenagers and praised Netflix drama Adolescence for exploring the topic of misogynistic radicalisation<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Paul Foster, Labour MP for South Ribble, said he wanted to “give a voice” to the victims of knife crime<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Rudakubana wiped much of his internet search history before the attack and it is not known whether he ever viewed material linked to Mr Tate. <\/p>\n

However Cambridge Crown Court this month heard how triple murderer Kyle Clifford viewed Andrew Tate videos<\/a> before shooting his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt and her sister Hannah with a crossbow and stabbing their mother Carol Hunt. <\/p>\n

“The work required is vast and complex,” the statement read to the Commons said. <\/p>\n

“Long term reduction in knife crime will only be seen if we go back to the start and raise our children better.”<\/p>\n

Alice Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe died during the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop at a studio in the Merseyside town. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rudakubana was jailed for a minimum of 52 years<\/a> for the murders, along with the attempted murders of eight other children, who cannot be named for legal reasons, class instructor Leanne Lucas and businessman John Hayes. <\/p>\n

Child A’s family said: “It is sensible to make it harder to purchase knives [and] to tighten the law carrying knives. These are tangible solutions that provide a quick reassurance and results.<\/p>\n

“But, if a young person is looking for a knife, then we are too late, and they are already on the path to causing harm.”<\/p>\n

The family said the upcoming public inquiry into the Southport attacks would “serve the purpose” of improving things for parents, caregivers and school-leavers.<\/p>\n

Mr Foster told the Commons: “I commend that child’s parents for having the courage to write that, and the concern that they have clearly that this is going to happen again.<\/p>\n

“I urge all members of this House to please work together for the victims, for the families, and let’s please deal with this once and for all.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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