Reading terror attack ‘probably avoidable’ if not for police and NHS failures

Three friends, Joe Ritchie-Bennett, James Furlong and David Wails, died when Khairi Saadallah stabbed them with a 20cm knife (Picture: Thames Valley Police/PA)The Reading terror attack could have been stopped if the police and NHS had intervened, a coroner concluded.Khairi Saadallah murdered James Furlong, 36, Dr David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, in Forbury Gardens in on June 20, 2020.The Libyan refugee injured three others – Stephen Young, Patrick Edwards and Nishit Nisudan