正在调查一名15岁小孩对射箭零售商进行的攻击前调查,询问他们购买十字弓的情况。 A 15-year-old's pre-attack inquiries to archery retailers about crossbow purchases are under investigation.

2022年5月,阿克塞尔·鲁达库巴纳(Axel Rudakubana)接见了两家箭术零售商(Tactical Archery和Merlin Archery),寻求关于购买带有谨慎包装的十字弓的信息。 In May 2022, Axel Rudakubana, then 15, contacted two archery retailers, Tactical Archery and Merlin Archery, seeking information about purchasing crossbows with discreet packaging. 他询问了交货方法、年龄核实,以及包装是否显示品牌或交货时需要身份证明。 He inquired about delivery methods, age verification, and whether packaging would display branding or require ID upon delivery. 两家公司都确认,它们对超过18年的采购有年龄核实程序,并且没有在合理相信买方为18岁或18岁以上的情况下向未成年人出售。 Both companies confirmed they have age verification processes for over-18 purchases and did not sell to minors without reasonable belief the buyer was 18 or older. Rudakubana没有完成采购,虽然这些问题被认为是不寻常的,但当时并没有引起警报。 Rudakubana did not complete a purchase, and while the questions were deemed unusual, they did not raise alarms at the time. Merlin Archery去年三次向警方报告类似的关切。 Merlin Archery reported similar concerns to police three times in the past year. 南港公共调查继续审查他导致2024年7月袭击杀害三名儿童的行动。 The Southport public inquiry continues to examine his actions leading up to the July 2024 attack that killed three children.