| 2020 Reading stabbings | |
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| Part of Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
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| Location | Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
| Date | 20 June 2020 shortly before 19:00 (BST (UTC+1)) |
| Target | Visitors at Forbury Gardens |
Attack type | Stabbing |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Khairi Saadallah |
| Motive | Jihadism (Islamic terrorism) |
On 20 June 2020, shortly before 19:00 BST, a man with a knife attacked people who were socialising in Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Three men died from their wounds, and three other people were seriously injured. Khairi Saadallah, a 25-year-old Libyan male refugee, was arrested shortly afterwards. He was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder; he pleaded guilty. In January 2021, Saadallah was sentenced to a whole-life term.
The inquest, which concluded in April 2024, found that the attacks were "avoidable".