Post-mortem reveals cause of deaths

A POST-mortem examination has revealed the cause of death for the three men who died in Reading last month.

Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) released the information on Friday, June 26, and confirmed that there were three people who suffered injuries as well as the three people who died: DavidWails, aged 49, Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, aged 39, and James Furlong, aged 36.

The incident which took place in Reading’s Forbury Gardens on Saturday, June 20, was declared an act of terrorism by Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dean Haydon, Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing.

CTPSE said that David, Joseph and James each died of a single stab wound, and the three other victims sustained stab injuries. They have since been discharged from hospital.

Detectives from CTPSE continue to appeal for anyone with information about the incident on Saturday evening to come forward.

Anyone with any information about this incident or who was in the area before, during or after it and hasn’t already spoken to police, is asked to contact Thames Valley Police on 101, quoting Operation Vaselike.

Images and videos can be submitted to the police via the reporting portal on www.ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk.