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UK stabbings murder probe: Police confirm three killed and three seriously hurt

An armed police officer at a block of flats after the attack in Reading. (Image: PA)

A mass stabbing in a Reading park has killed three people and left three more seriously injured but is not currently being treated as a terror attack, police say.

A 25-year-old man from the Berkshire town has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the incident in Forbury Gardens at about 7pm on Saturday.

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