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2020 Reading stabbings
multiple fatal stabbings on 20 June 2020 in Forbury Gardens, Reading, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
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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.