UK Police declare Reading attack 'terrorrist incident'
London/UNI: Police on Sunday confirmed the stabbing attack in Reading, in which three people died a "terrorist incident".
A 25-year-old man from Reading was arrested at the scene of the attack at about 19:00 BST on Saturday, which also left three people seriously injured.
Counter-terrorism police are now taking over the investigation, Thames Valley Police said.
Security sources told the BBC the man arrested is thought to be Libyan.
In a statement, Thames Valley Police said the attack had been declared a terror incident by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon, senior national co-ordinator for the Counter Terrorism Policing network.
An eyewitness to the attack at Forbury Gardens, a park near the centre of Reading, said he saw a man moving between groups of people in the park, trying to stab them.
The arrested man had previously been in prison in the UK for a relatively minor conviction, not a terrorism offence, sources told the BBC.
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