A stabbing rampage in the southern English town of Reading in which three people were eliminated and others wounded was an act of terrorism, police said on Sunday, calling the attack in a sunny park an atrocity.
Investigators said a guy had actually encountered a park in Reading, about 40 miles (65 km) west of London where locals had been taking pleasure in the evening sun on Saturday, and attacked people with a knife prior to being apprehended by unarmed officers.
Police said an unnamed 25- year-old male had been jailed on suspicion of murder and remained in authorities custody.
A Western security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the apprehended male was a Libyan called Khairi Saadallah.
Initially authorities and the federal government had stated the attack did not seem terrorism. Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism cops officer, Neil Basu, said officers had actually worked through the night and had now stated it to be a terrorist incident.
” This was an atrocity,” Mr. Basu said. “From our enquiries undertaken so far, officers have actually discovered absolutely nothing to recommend that