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(FILES) A handout image released by Merseyside Police and received in London on January 20, 2025, shows the custody photograph of Axel Rudakubana. Once an unassuming schoolboy who attended a drama club, UK child killer Axel Rudakubana retreated into his own world over the years, searching for increasingly violent images online. Rudakubana was Thursday sentenced to to serve a minimum of 52 years after pleading guilty to murdering three young girls and injuring 10 other people in a frenzied, cold-blooded attack on a dance class in Southport, northwest England. (Photo by MERSEYSIDE POLICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / MERSEYSIDE POLICE " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Why saying ‘Merry Christmas’ is so shocking

Would you say Merry Christmas to a stranger? With an increasing number of Aussies reporting they’re lonely, perhaps it’s time to look up from your phone and start exchanging pleasantries. It ‘tis the season after all.

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