Reading Attack: Could this have been prevented?

In June 2020, just as the UK was coming out of COVID lockdown restrictions a rapid and ferocious attack took place in Forbury Gardens, Reading. The offender inflicted multiple fatal stab wounds and despite the best efforts of members of the public and first responders, three victims, James, Joe and David died almost immediately. Shockingly, it became clear that the attacker was in fact very well known to the authorities and had been flagged as a serious risk many times before, leading many people to question whether this terrorist attack could have been prevented.

Nikki Mitchell, BBC South Home Affair Correspondent, joins Dermot to discuss what went wrong.

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