Police in the uk have launched a Murder Investigation after three people were stabbed to death in the town of reading, west of london. Three other people were seriously injured. Police were called to the scene in forbury gardens in the centre of reading around 7pm on friday evening. A 25 year old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur news correspondent Helena Wilkinson reports from the scene in reading. Thames Valley Police say that a man was arrested at the scene. The bbc understands that he is thought to be libyan. He is in custody at the moment. And, also, the Prime Minister, boris johnson, has responded to what happened here on saturday evening. He has said in a statement my thoughts are with those affected by what he describes as an appalling incident in reading and he goes on to thank the Emergency Services on the scene. And we spoke to one eyewitness who was in the park, he saw what happened. And he told us he saw a man go
Darted around the circle anticlockwise, got one, went to another, stabbed the next one, went to another, stabbed the next one. Im appalled and sickened that people should lose their lives in this way. If there are lessons that we need to learn about how we handle such cases, how we handle the events leading up to such cases, then we will learn those lessons. Spain ends its coronavirus lockdown and is once again welcoming visitors from elsewhere in europe. President trump stages a Comeback Campaign rally in tulsa in oklahoma, his first in months, but fails to fill the arena. And a dramatic Solar Eclipse stretching from west africa to south asia and taiwan. This was the view from hong kong. Hello and welcome. Police say theyre treating the stabbing to death of three people in a park in reading yesterday evening as a terror incident. One of those who died has been named as james furlong, a teacher at a school in wokingham. 25 year old Khairi Saadallah was arrested on suspicion of murder a
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Police in the uk have launched a Murder Investigation after three people were stabbed to death in the town of reading, west of london. Three other people were seriously injured. Police were called to the scene in forbury gardens in the centre of reading around 7pm on saturday evening. A 25 year old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. John mcmanus reports an airambulance an air ambulance descending to the centre of reading in response to reports of a brutal attack. The first alert came at around seven pm yesterday evening. Witnesses reporting a lone man attacking random members of the public in forbury gardens. It is a small park right in the centre of the berks town. It was busy with people relaxing in the sunshine on the longest day of the year. One witness described the sudden and savage nature of the assault. There was quite a lot of people in the park, all drinking w
Hello, welcome to bbc news. Police in the uk have launched a Murder Investigation after three people were stabbed to death in the town of reading, west of london. Three other people were seriously injured. Police were called to the scene in forbury gardens in the centre of reading around seven pm7 00pm on friday evening. A 25 year old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur news correspondent Helena Wilkinson reports from the scene in reading. Thames Valley Police say that a man was arrested at the scene. The bbc understands that he is thought to be libyan. He is in custody at the moment. And, also, the Prime Minister, boris johnson, has responded to what happened here on saturday evening. He has said in a statement my thoughts are with those affected by what he describes as an appalling incident in reading and he goes on to thank the Emergency Services on the scene. And we spoke to one eyewitness who was in the park, he saw what ha
Police in the uk have launched a Murder Investigation after three people were stabbed to death in the town of reading, west of london. Three other people were seriously injured. Police were called to the scene in forbury gardens in the centre of reading around 7 00pm on friday evening. A 25 year old man from the town was detained at the scene and has been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur news correspondent Helena Wilkinson reports from the scene in reading. Thames Valley Police say a man was arrested at the scene. The bbc understands he is thought to be libyan. He is in custody at the moment. And, also, the prime minister, boris johnson, has responded to what happened here on saturday evening. He has said in a statement my thoughts are with those affect did by an appalling incident in reading and he goes on to thank the Emergency Services on the scene. Spoke to one eyewitness who was in the park, he saw what happened. He told us he saw what happened. He told us he saw a man go to a