The city of Reading in west London had a bloody night. Three people were killed there in a knife attack Saturday night in a park. Even if the reason is not yet known, the police do not retain the terrorist track at this stage. However, the investigators "keep an open mind" and work with the support of the counter-terrorism police. There were also three seriously injured.
25-year-old suspect in police custody
The investigation is already well advanced. A 25-year-old man from the city was arrested at the scene for murder and taken into police custody. Police and rescue workers responded after receiving calls saying that several people had been stabbed in Forbury Gardens around 7:00 p.m. in the center of this town of 200,000.
"The park was full, many people were sitting for a drink with friends when someone arrived, suddenly shouted unintelligible words and went towards a group of ten people, trying to attack them with a knife" , told the British agency PA Lawrence Wort, witness of the scene. "He stabbed three of them, severely in the neck and under the arms, then he turned around and started to run towards me, we turned around and we started to run", explained this coach 20 year old sportsman. "When he understood that he could not catch us, he managed to reach a person on the back of the neck and when he saw that everyone started to run, he left the park," he said. -he tells.
Do not share images
When the facts were announced, emotion quickly spread to the country. Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed his "thoughts to everyone affected by the appalling events in Reading" in a tweet thanking the emergency services. Interior Minister Priti Patel said she was "deeply concerned".
Deeply concerned to hear reports of an incident in Reading.
My thoughts are with everyone involved, including police and emergency responders at the scene.
The police called on Internet users not to share the images of the scene which circulated on social networks, but rather to communicate them to the investigators.
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