Inquest Begins into 2020 Reading Terror Attack by Libyan Refugee

Khairi Saadallah, who murdered three people, claimed he wanted to be deported; inquest to examine his management in prison, probation, mental health treatment, and terrorism risk assessment.

• Khairi Saadallah, a Libyan refugee, murdered three people in a terror attack in Reading, UK, in 2020. He told police he carried out the killings because he wanted to be deported.
• The victims were James Furlong, David Wails, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett. Saadallah also attempted to kill three others during the attack.
• Saadallah had a history of links to Islamist extremism and had a string of criminal convictions for violence. Despite having his asylum claim rejected, he remained in the UK.
• The inquest will examine the management of Saadallah while he was in prison, his time on probation, the treatment of his mental health problems, and the assessment of his risk of terrorism.
• Saadallah was handed a whole-life sentence in January 2021 after pleading guilty to three murders and three attempted murders.

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