Summary

  • James Furlong is the first Reading attack victim to be named

  • Three people died and three others were injured in the park

  • The attack, on Saturday evening, is being treated as a 'terrorist incident'

  • Khairi Saadallah, a 25-year-old Libyan national, is in custody on suspicion of murder

  • It is believed to be an isolated incident and police are not looking for anyone else

  • Terror threat level has not been raised and police say people should be 'alert, not alarmed'

  • Police urge people not to share footage of the attack on social media

  • The PM condemns the "appalling incident" and vows that "lessons will be learned"

Live Reporting

Sue Paz, Danielle Dwyer, Joe Nimmo and Sitala Peek

  1. Eyewitness describes park attack

    Police officer guards park entranceSteve Parsons/PA wire

    Laurence Wort, 20, was in Forbury Gardens on Saturday evening and told the BBC what he saw.

    "The park was pretty full, a lot of people sat around drinking with friends when one lone person walked through, suddenly shouted some unintelligible words and went round a large group trying to stab them.

    "He stabbed three of them and then turned and started running towards me, when we turned and started running.

    "When he realised that he couldn’t catch us he tried to stab another group sat down.

    "He got one in the back of the neck and then when he realised everyone was starting to run, he ran out the park."

  2. What we know so far

    Police officers in reading town centreAFP
    • Three people are thought to have died after several people were stabbed in a park in Reading
    • Police were called to Forbury Gardens, in the town centre, at about 19:00 BST on Saturday amid reports of multiple casualties
    • A man has been arrested and is being held in police custody.
    • Armed police have entered a block of flats on Basingstoke Road in Reading
    • Counter-terrorism officers are seen at the scene, but the motive for the attacks is unknown
    • Security sources have told the BBC the arrested man is believed to be Libyan

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  3. Three feared dead in park stabbing

    Several people have been stabbed in a park in the town of Reading. Some reports say three people have died.

    Police have arrested a man and are examining the possibility that the incident was terrorism-related.

    We will bring you the latest updates here.