Paying homage to Mr Furlong, head of history, government and politics at the Holt School in Wokingham, the school’s co-heads stated he was a “kind and gentle male” with a “real sense of task”.
PM Boris Johnson stated he was “horrified and sickened” by the attack in Forbury Gardens on Saturday evening.
Security sources said the suspect came to the attention of the security services after they received information he had goals to take a trip abroad – possibly for terrorism, according to the BBC’s house affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani.
Instructor James Furlong was referred to as a “treasured” associate by the Holt School.
” He was determined that our trainees would establish a critical awareness of worldwide concerns and in doing so, become active residents and have a voice,” they said.
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, head of counter-terrorism policing, described it as an “atrocity” and stated his “inmost compassions go to the families who will be grieving liked ones after this horrific act”.
Mr Basu said detectives are not looking for anybody else in connection with the attack.
Saturday’s horrifying killings may be another example of what security chiefs call a “only actor” attack where a single specific turns extremist beliefs