Reading Terrorist Khairi Saadallah's Radicalization and Attack: Inquest Details

Saadallah's brother warned police of potential harm a day before the fatal attack, while Saadallah's radicalization traced back to Libyan uprising against Gaddafi.

• 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.

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