Overview
- Khairi Saadallah, a Libyan refugee, fatally stabbed three men and injured three others in Reading's Forbury Gardens on June 20, 2020.
- Saadallah had been radicalized into Islamic extremist groups while fighting in Libya during an uprising against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship.
- While imprisoned in HMP Bullingdon in 2017, Saadallah was reportedly 'often keen' to speak with well-known convicted Islamist terrorist Omar Brooks.
- Saadallah's brother, Aiman, warned the police a day before the attack that Saadallah could harm himself or others.
- Saadallah was handed a whole life tariff in 2021 for the attack.