Police to receive new powers to help prevent violent attacks
The new tools aim to close a legal gap between terror suspects, who face life imprisonment for planning attacks, and non-ideological individuals planning similar mass atrocities.
Police will be empowered to apprehend suspects based on preparatory steps, such as research, even without an ideological link, mirroring existing anti- terrorism legislation.
Cooper stated that mass attacks, regardless of ideological motivation, can cause devastation comparable to terrorism and should be treated with similar seriousness.
The legislation could have applied to cases like the Southport attacker, Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three girls and received a life sentence.
Criminals plotting mass killings to be detained earlier under new law
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