UK Park Stabbing Rampage Was Terrorist Act, Police Say

UK Park Stabbing Rampage Was Terrorist Act, Police Say
Armed police officers work at a block of flats off Basingstoke Road in Reading after an incident at Forbury Gardens park in the town centre of Reading, England, Saturday on June 20, 2020. Steve Parsons/PA via AP
The Associated Press
Updated:

READING, England—A stabbing rampage in a British park on a summer evening that left three people dead is being considered a terrorist attack, police said on June 21.

A 25-year-old man who is believed to be the lone attacker is in custody, but officials said the motive for the carnage was unclear. Authorities said they weren’t looking for any other suspects and didn’t raise Britain’s official terrorism threat level from “substantial.”