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Reading stabbings: tributes to three friends killed in park - BBC News
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8:21Now PlayingMoving tributes have been paid to the three friends who were stabbed to death in a park in Reading on Saturday evening. Moments of silence have been observed and flowers laid in tribute.
They were James Furlong who was 36 years old and a teacher; Joe Ritchie-Bennett who was 39 and a lawyer; and David Wails who was 49 and a scientist.
Police are still questioning the suspect, Khairi Saadallah, who was arrested under the Terrorism Act. He's originally from Libya and came to the UK in 2012. He came to the attention of MI5 sometime last year but it was decided that he was not a threat.
Police were called to Forbury Gardens in Reading’s town centre at about 7pm on Saturday following reports that a number of people had been stabbed.
Later, at about 11pm around a dozen armed police officers with shields were seen entering a block of flats in the town.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reports from Rajini Vaidyanathan and Daniel Sandford.
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