Authorities in U.K. Will Investigate English Park Stabbing As A Terrorist Incident
![Forbury Gardens in Reading, England was the site of a stabbing attack on the evening of June 20. Police officials have formally declared it a terrorist incident.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/06/21/ap_20173394584285_wide-f03088abdd988bbfe0fd0b9b43cd95dec854d1d0.jpg?s=600)
A 25-year-old man stabbed several park-goers with a knife, killing three of them. The U.K.'s Counter Terrorism Policing unit has declared it a terrorist incident and is taking over the investigation.
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