Reading stabbings: Inquest opens over Forbury Gardens attack

(BBC) Three men killed in a suspected terror attack in a park each died after being stabbed in the neck, an inquest heard.

James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were killed in Forbury Gardens, Reading, on 20 June.

Khairi Saadallah, 25, who is charged with their murder, is set to face trial on 30 November.

Inquests into their deaths were opened and adjourned at Reading Coroner’s Court pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings.

During the hearing, senior coroner Heidi Connor said the three friends were “all victims of the Forbury Gardens incident, just around the corner from this building.”

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