A stabbing rampage that killed three people as they sat in a British park on a summer evening is being considered a terrorist attack, police said Sunday. A 25-year-old man who is believed to be the lone attacker is in custody.
A stabbing rampage at a park that killed three people is being considered a terrorist attack, police said Sunday. 2:59
A stabbing rampage that killed three people as they sat in a British park on a summer evening is being considered a terrorist attack, police said Sunday. A 25-year-old man who is believed to be the lone attacker is in custody.
Authorities said they were not looking for any other suspects and they did not raise Britain’s official terrorism threat level from “substantial.”
Three people were killed and three others seriously wounded in the stabbing attack that came out of the blue Saturday in Forbury Gardens park in Reading, a city of 200,000 people 64 kilometres west of London.
“Motivation for this horrific act is far from certain,” said Neil Basu, Britain’s top counterterrorism police officer, as police forensics officers combed the park for evidence.
Chief Const. John Campbell of Thames Valley Police said officers were called to reports of stabbings just before 7 p.m. and arrived to find a “horrific” scene. He said a suspect was apprehended within five minutes.
Basu said “incredibly brave” unarmed officers detained a 25-year-old local man at the scene. The Thames Valley force later said counterterrorism detectives were taking over the investigation.
“There is no intelligence to suggest that there is any further danger to the public,” said Det. Chief Supt. Ian Hunter.
Reports say suspect lived in Reading
Police have not identified the