(BBC) A coroner has said he will “fearlessly” examine whether the state could have prevented the murders of three men during a terrorist attack in a park.
James Furlong, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and David Wails died within minutes of being stabbed by Khairi Saadallah in Forbury Gardens, Reading, in June 2020.
Saadallah was sentenced to a whole-life jail term for their murders.
Coroner Martyn Zeidman KC told a pre-inquest review he wanted to establish what had been known about the killer.
Opening the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, he said the full inquest would “vigorously” investigate if state agencies had realised the risk Saadallah posed to the public.
