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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Reading terrorist had assault charge dropped weeks before attack court told | Mind Blowing Facts

Khairi Saadallah
Khairi Saadallah murdered three men in a Reading park on 20 June 2020. Photograph: Thames Valley Police/PA

Charges against a man who was later responsible for the Reading terror attack were dropped due to “miscommunication” between the Home Office and Crown Prosecution Service, a pre-inquest review has heard.

Khairi Saadallah murdered three men in a Reading park on 20 June 2020 as coronavirus restrictions were eased. Saadallah allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he stabbed friends James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39.

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