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    Authorities In U.K. Will Investigate English Park Stabbing As A Terrorist Incident

    A 25-year-old man stabbed several park-goers with a knife, killing three of them. The U.K.'s Counter Terrorism Policing unit has declared it a terrorist incident and is taking over the investigation.
    by Rachel Treisman Jun 21, 2020 2 minutes

    A stabbing in an English park that killed three people and injured several others on Saturday is being investigated as a terrorist incident, authorities in the U.K. announced on Sunday.

    The attack took place in Forbury Gardens, a public park in the town of Reading, England, about 40 miles west, a man attacked park-goers with a knife around 7 p.m., leaving three people dead and three with "serious injuries." Officers detained a 25-year-old man from Reading on the scene and arrested him for suspicion of murder.

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