Police Officers Who Chased and Tackled Terrorist in Reading Recognised for Bravery

Police Officers Who Chased and Tackled Terrorist in Reading Recognised for Bravery
Four police officers (left to right) PC James Packman, PC Liam King, PC Liam Steele, and Sgt Iain Watkinson, in an undated handout photo. Jason Bye/Thames Valley Police/PA
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Four police officers who chased and tackled a knife-wielding terrorist unarmed in Reading are to be recognised for their bravery.

History teacher James Furlong, 36, scientist David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, who worked for a pharmaceutical company, were murdered in Forbury Gardens on June 20 last year.