Police say Reading stabbings now treated as a terrorist incident – live updates
Assistant Met commissioner Neil Basu makes statement after incident in Berkshire town; one man in custody after three people die and three are seriously injured
- Full story: Reading stabbings declared terrorist attack
- What we know so far
The attack in Forbury Gardens in Reading on Saturday happened near the Maiwand Lion statue. Here is a map giving more details on where the attack took place:
The Telegraph has reported that the 25-year-old man who is being held by police over the stabbings is Libyan refugee Khairi Saadallah.
The newspaper said Saadallah had been detained by police in Forbury Gardens on Saturday evening, and it understood that he had arrived in Britain several years ago as a refugee following the civil war in Libya.
BREAKING: The man arrested on suspicion of murdering three people in the Reading knife attack is Khairi Saadallah, a 25-year-old Libyan refugee, the Telegraph can reveal. It is now being treated as a terrorist incident.
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