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An inquest into the deaths of the Reading attack victims has heard that medics could not treat the catastrophic injuries of a teacher who was stabbed in the neck because of PPE restrictions.
A first aider who fought to save knife victims in the Reading terror attack has told an inquest how he saw people running away from the park but thought they were 'playing some sort of game'.
BBC News By Andre Rhoden-Paul image captionFriends James Furlong, David Wails and Joe Ritchie-Bennett lost their lives in the attack On a warm summer evening, friends and families gathered in Reading's Forbury Gardens to enjoy the easing of lockdown restrictions, unaware it would soon be the scene of a terrifying stabbing spree. As they relaxed in the park on 20 June 2020, Khairi Saadallah launched an attack that lasted less than 30 seconds. Seven months after the town was left reeling, the BBC speaks to witnesses about their memories of the attack, and those who tried to help people affected...