The attacker who murdered three men in a park in Reading, UK, last summer was on Monday given a whole-life jail sentence without any possibility of parole or conditional release. Khairi Saadallah, 26, stabbed James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, in Forbury Gardens on the evening of June 20 last year. Saadallah also seriously injured three other men who were in the park. At the Old Bailey in London, judge Mr. Justice Sweeney determined it was a jihadist attack and sentenced Saadallah to a whole-life order, describing it as a “rare and exceptional” case. The judge said the attack was “ruthless and brutal”, and the offences were carried out in a “pre-meditated, planned, and carefully executed manner”. Prosecutor Alison Morgan QC reportedly told the court that Saadallah “believed that in killing as many people as possible that day he was performing an act of religious jihad.” …
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