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   From: nancy-pelosi-theft@nbc.com   
      
   A 25-year-old man from Reading has been arrested on suspicion of murder   
   after being detained at the scene.   
      
   The attack happened at Forbury Gardens at about 19:00 BST where several   
   people were stabbed.   
      
   Police are not currently treating the incident as terror-related, but   
   counter terrorism officers were called.   
      
   Security sources have told the BBC a man arrested at the scene is thought   
   to be Libyan.   
      
   One eyewitness told the BBC how he saw a man move between groups of people   
   in the park trying to stab them and how the man ran towards him.   
      
   There were reports a police officer had "rugby tackled" the suspect to the   
   ground, according to the Sunday Mirror.   
      
   Detective Chief Superintendent Ian Hunter, from Thames Valley Police, said   
   police are not looking for any other people in connection with the attack.   
      
   He added: "This is not currently being treated as a terrorism incident,   
   however officers are keeping an open mind as to the motivation for the   
   incident and are being supported by colleagues from Counter Terrorism   
   Policing South East."   
      
   Police have asked anyone with mobile phone footage of the attack to come   
   forward.   
      
   But people have been urged not to share videos and photos online "out of   
   respect for the victims' families" after footage was circulated on social   
   media.   
      
   Thames Valley Police said the incident was not connected to an earlier   
   Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in the park.   
      
   About a dozen armed police officers carrying shields were later seen   
   entering a block of flats in Basingstoke Road in Reading at around 23:00   
   BST.   
      
   BBC News Home Affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani, who was outside the   
   block of flats, said he heard a loud bang at the scene.   
      
   At the scene   
   by Dominic Casciani, home affairs correspondent   
      
   Throughout Saturday evening, residents of the Basingstoke Road flats that   
   were raided by the police stood - increasingly cold - on the footpath,   
   watching on astonished as armed police entered their home.   
      
   The first officers arrived at 20:00 BST and secured the scene - apparently   
   asking some residents to leave their flats or preventing others from   
   returning.   
      
   Two specialist Incident Response Units from the ambulance service arrived   
   - indicating that police were possibly taking additional precautions at   
   the scene.   
      
   At 23:00 BST, more than a dozen armed officers, carrying shields entered   
   the central block and climbed the stairs to the upper floors. Around 00:30   
   BST there was a loud bang that sounded like it came from inside one of the   
   flats.   
      
   Shortly afterwards lots of the armed team left the scene. People here are   
   shocked - but absolutely none the wiser as to what is going on.   
      
   Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his "thoughts are with all of those   
   affected by the appalling incident in Reading".   
      
   "My thanks to the emergency services on the scene," he added.   
      
   Emergency air ambulances were called to the scene and five ambulance crews   
   from South Central Ambulance Service attended.   
      
   'He started coming towards us'   
   Laurence Wort, 20, who was visiting Reading for the day, told the BBC he   
   was about 10m away when the attack started.   
      
   "The park was pretty full, a lot of people sat around drinking with   
   friends when one lone person walked through, suddenly shouted some   
   unintelligible words and went round a large group trying to stab them.   
      
   "He stabbed three of them and then turned and started running towards me,   
   when we turned and started running.   
      
   "When he realised that he couldn't catch us he tried to stab another group   
   sat down.   
      
   "He got one in the back of the neck and then when he realised everyone was   
   starting to run, he ran out the park."   
      
   Claire Gould, a freelance journalist who lives in Reading, said she walked   
   past Forbury Gardens at around 18:40 BST "and everything seemed calm".   
      
   She then saw an air ambulance land in King's Meadow - another park close   
   to the scene - at around 19:00 BST, followed by a second around 10 minutes   
   later.   
      
   "There were multiple sirens from 19:00 going on for the next couple of   
   hours and police helicopters [were] circling," she added.   
      
   Home Secretary Priti Patel tweeted to say she was "deeply concerned" at   
   the incident.   
      
   She said: "My thoughts are with everyone involved, including police and   
   emergency responders at the scene."   
      
   Ms Patel later issued a statement condemning the stabbings as a "senseless   
   attack on people simply enjoying a Saturday evening with family and   
   friends".   
      
   Policing minister Kit Malthouse tweeted his "deepest sympathies to all   
   affected" and described the incident as "horrific" and "dreadful".   
      
   Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the stabbing was "very concerning".   
      
   'Peaceful protest'   
   A Black Lives Matter protest was held in the area a few hours before the   
   attack.   
      
   BLM organiser Nieema Hassan said in a video message posted to Facebook:   
   "They [BLM protesters] were very peaceful and we worked with the police   
   liaison.   
      
   "In terms of the protest and the people who attended from Black Lives   
   Matter, we're all safe.   
      
   "None of us are affected. We had all left by the time this happened."   
      
   https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-53123975   
      
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