UK police declare deadly Reading stabbings 'terrorism'

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British police said Sunday they were treating a stabbing spreed in which a lone assailant killed three people in a park in the southern English city of Reading as a "terrorism incident".

"Counter Terrorism Policing can now confirm that the stabbing incident that happened in Reading last night (20/6), has now been declared a terrorist incident," Thames Valley Police said in a statement.