The village of Banks was unknown to most people outside West Lancashire. That changed as armed police arrived on July 29 last year.
Less than two hours earlier, Axel Rudakubana launched a brutal knife attack on a group of young children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, in nearby Southport.
Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, tragically died - while others were critically injured.
On Old School Close, an unassuming cul-de-sac in Banks, one house became the centre of police attention, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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