2020 Reading stabbings
Shortly after 19:00 BST on the 20 June 2020, a mass stabbing happened in Forbury Gardens, a park in Reading, Berkshire, England. Three people were killed.[1] Thames Valley Police said a number of people had to go to hospital and that a man had been arrested.[1][2] The next morning, it was called a terrorist attack.[3][4]
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| Location | Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire, UK |
| Date | 20 June 2020 ~19:00 BST (UTC+1) |
| Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Khairi Saadallah |
A 25-year-old Libyan refugee, Khairi Saadallah, was arrested nearby shortly afterwards. Saadallah is a former member of the Libyan jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia.[5] He was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder; he pled guilty. In January 2021, Saadallah was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Forbury Gardens bandstand shortly after the gardens re-opened, with flowers previously laid by members of the public and moved here
Flowers on the bandstand in memory of the three victims
The permanent memorial to the victims unveiled in 2023
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Connett, David; Otte, Jedidajah (2020-06-20). "Reading stabbing: three dead as UK police investigate possible terrorism link" (in en-GB). The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/20/police-incident-reading-town-centre-forbury-gardens-park-. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- ↑ "*UPDATED* Man arrested following incident of stabbing – Reading | Thames Valley Police". www.thamesvalley.police.uk. Thames Valley Police. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ↑ "Reading attack: Stabbings declared 'terrorist incident'" (in en-gb). BBC News. 21 June 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-53127095. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- ↑ Thames Valley Police (21 June 2020). "Murder Investigation - Reading". Press release. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200621104802/https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2020/june/15-06-2020/update-murder-investigation---reading/. Retrieved 21 June 2020. "Counter Terrorism Policing can now confirm that the stabbing incident that happened in Reading last night (20/6), has now been declared a terrorist incident."
- ↑ Khairi Saadallah: Terrorist who murdered three in 'brutal' Reading attack gets whole life sentence. Sky News. 11 January 2021. https://news.sky.com/story/khairi-saadallah-terrorist-who-murdered-three-in-brutal-reading-attack-gets-whole-life-sentence-12184977. Retrieved 11 January 2021.