AN American man is one of three people who died in the Reading stabbings on Saturday.
The father of Joe Ritchie-Bennett confirmed his death to the US network CBS on Monday.
Robert Ritchie told CBS the family was “heartbroken” and said his 39-year-old was originally from Philadelphia.
Ritchie-Bennett friend James Furlong, 36, a teacher and head of history, government and politics at The Holt School in Wokingham, and another person also died in the attack.
Police have arrested the suspect in Saturday’s attack Khairi Saadallah under the Terrorism Act.
The BBC is reporting that he was originally from Libya and came to the attention of MI5 in 2019.
Witnesses said a lone attacker with a knife shouted “unintelligible words” and stabbed several people who were in a group.
Security guard Sydney McDonald, 65, said he saw the suspect being rugby-tackled to the ground by police and arrested shortly after the incident, according to the BBC.
