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Reading terrorist had knife by bed during police home welfare check, court hears

Source: PA Media

The Reading terrorist a knife by his bed during a police welfare check before he stabbed three men to death, a court heard.

Libyan refugee Khairi Saadallah fatally stabbed friends James Furlong, 36, Dr David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, in Reading’s Forbury Gardens on June 20 2020.

Three other people – Stephen Young, Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan – were also injured before Saadallah threw away the 8ins (20cm)

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