Police investigating a multiple-stabbing attack in Reading on Saturday have declared that the rampage was a “terrorist incident”.

Thames Valley Police (TVP) said in a statement on Sunday that the investigation into the attack, in which three people died, was being handed over to a counter-terrorism unit.

It comes as the 25-year-old suspect arrested on Saturday over the incident has been named by The Independent as a Libyan national called Khairi Saadallah.

A statement issued on the TVP website on Sunday said: "Counter Terrorism Policing can now confirm that the stabbing incident that happened in Reading last night, has now been declared a terrorist incident.

"Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) have been working closely with Thames Valley Police's Major Crime Department throughout the night.

"Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon, Senior National Coordinator for the Counter Terrorism Policing network, has this morning declared the incident a terrorist incident, and CTPSE will be taking over the investigation."

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