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Police includes act of terrorism: Three Dead after knife attack in Reading

After a Demonstration in the British city of Reading in a Park to a knife attack. There are Dead and wounded. Media speculate about a terrorist attack, but the police denied.

In the case of a stabbing in the British town of Reading are killed, according to police reports, three people and two life-threatening injured. Contrary to Reports in the British media, will not be treated between the case as an act of terrorism. A 25-year-old suspect has been arrested. “This is currently not classified as a terrorist incident, but we remain with regard to the Tatmotivs open-minded,” said police chief Ian Hunter, early in the Morning. The investigators were supported in their work by colleagues from the anti-terror Department.

In the case of the detainees, it should be a Libyan, according to the news Agency PA reported. About two hours earlier, there had been a Demonstration of the movement Black Lives Matter in the vicinity. A connection, the police from the castle, however.

The offender stabbed on Saturday evening against 20 clock (CET) in Forbury Gardens on its victims. “The Park was pretty full, a lot of people sat around there and drank with friends as a single Person went through and some incomprehensible words cried out,” – quoted by PA eye witnesses. The man was approached by a group of about ten people, and I stabbed three of them in the neck and torso. Then he ran to another group and have hurt a Person in the neck.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked all the forces. Interior Minister Priti Patel tweeted that she was “deeply concerned”. The Chairman of the city Council of Reading, Jason Brock, wrote on Twitter: “Please stay out of the area, since the police is dealing with a serious incident.” Reading is located about 70 kilometers to the West of London, there are around 160,000 people live.

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