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Reading stabbings: Man arrested after three feared dead

in Forbury Gardens attack

Mike Wright  Steve Bird  Jack Hardy
The Telegraph

Police have arrested a man at the scene of stabbings in Reading in which three people are feared dead and two are in critical care in hospital.

The Telegraph understands the incident is being treated as terror-related.

A source told the Telegraph there were three individuals declared dead at the scene and two transferred to the emergency department of Royal Berkshire Hospital, where they are receiving resuscitation.

Thames Valley Police said: "A number of people sustained injuries and were taken to hospital. A police cordon is in place in Forbury Gardens as officers investigate. We are asking the public to avoid the area at this time."

Eye-witness accounts on social media have reported paramedics and police tending to wounded people in the park. 

PA: Suspect is Libyan

A security source has told the Press Association that the man who has been arrested is Libyan.

“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks” (Qur’an 47:4).