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U.K. Stabbing Attack That Killed 3 Was Terrorism, Police Say
U.K. Stabbing Attack That Killed 3 Was Terrorism, Police Say
21 Jun 2020, 05:05 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- A stabbing attack that killed three people in the U.K. town of Reading is now being treated as a terrorist incident, police said on Sunday.
Another three people sustained serious injuries in yesterday’s attack. A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police initially said the incident was not being treated as terrorism.
But on Sunday police said in a statement posted on the Thames Valley Police website that “Counter Terrorism Policing can now confirm that the stabbing incident that happened in Reading last night, has now been declared a terrorist incident.”
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