• Attack: At least three dead and several stabbed in a terrorist incident in Reading

The investigation into the multiple stabbing that occurred in Reading (England) on Saturday has concluded that the case is now considered a 'terrorist attack '. The attack, which has left three dead and three seriously injured, occurred around 7:00 p.m. local time, when a 25-year-old Libyan man, who has already been detained, allegedly attempted to stab several groups of people who were enjoying the good weather at Forbury Gardens, a park near the city center.

The anti-terrorist unit of the British police will from now on take charge of a case for which at the moment the motivations are unknown and of which more will be known as new information about the person responsible appears. At the moment, the information that has come out is that his name is Khairi Saadallah, he is 25 years old and he is a Libyan asylum seeker who lived in Berkshire, a nearby town. According to unconfirmed information published by the BBC, the detainee had previously been in prison for a short period of time, although for reasons not related to terrorism.

The same public chain has reported that the detainee was targeted by MI5 , the British internal intelligence service. This agency had signed him in 2019, when he received information that the man intended to travel to Syria to commit terrorist acts. The information was investigated by MI5, but no imminent risk was finally identified. That's the reason why a file was never opened, which would have automatically put it on the police radar.

Neil Basu, head of the UK's counter-terrorism unit, has explained about the events that a suspect "ran into Forbury Gardens and attacked several people armed with a knife," and that according to records, officers took just five minutes to reduce the suspect since the first emergency call was made at 6:56 p.m.

"This is a terrible crime for whatever reason it has been committed, and we are going to make sure that the police have all the necessary resources at their disposal," said Health Minister Matt Hancock .

At the moment, no personal information has been disclosed about the victims, nor of the deceased or those receiving medical assistance in a nearby hospital, but for what some of the 41 registered witnesses have explained the injuries in various British media. they could be quite severe. At the moment, one of the knifes would be out of danger while the other two who are still alive continue in treatment. According to the officers in charge of the investigation, furthermore, work is still ongoing to identify the deceased .

"The park was quite full, there were quite a few people sitting drinking with friends and a lonely guy appeared, shouted a series of unintelligible words and went towards a group of around ten people trying to stab them," Lawrence Wort said in statements to the PA. "He stabbed three of them seriously in the neck and under the arms, and then he turned around and started running towards me. It was then that we turned around and started running. When he realized that he couldn't To catch us he tried to stab another group that was still sitting, and there he managed to hit another person in the back of the neck. When he saw that everyone was running, he fled. "

In his interview with the BBC, the Health Minister also reported that both Interior Minister Priti Patel and Prime Minister Boris Johnson are in constant contact with the investigation to find out the latest news. In fact, this Sunday morning there was a meeting in Downing Street between representatives of the security forces and various members of the Cabinet to discuss progress in the investigation of this new terrorist attack.

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