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A learning review revealed Axel Rudakubana's case was closed prematurely, despite three referrals made to Prevent about his behavior in the years before the attack.
The review found there was a sufficient risk posed by Rudakubana to keep his cases within Prevent active, but these were closed prematurely.
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