A stabbing rampage in Britain that killed three people as they sat in a park on a summer evening is now being considered a terrorist attack, British police say.
Key points:
- Police say the terror attack is the workings of a lone man
- Authorities say they are not looking for any other suspects
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is appalled and sickened
A 25-year-old, believed to be the lone attacker, is in custody.
The Press Association news agency reported the suspect was an asylum-seeker from Libya who was living in Reading. Police have not identified him.
Authorities said they were not looking for any other suspects, and they did not raise Britain’s official terrorism threat level from ‘substantial’.
“Motivation for this horrific act is far from certain,” said Neil Basu, Britain’s top counterterrorism police officer, as police combed the park where the carnage unfo