Judge Coroner Sir Adrian Fulford concluded the deaths of James Furlong, Dr David Wails and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett were ‘probably avoidable’.
Gary Furlong, the father of Reading terror attack victim James Furlong, issues a statement outside the Old Bailey
Libyan refugee Khairi Saadallah shouted “Allahu akhbar” as he fatally stabbed friends James Furlong, 36, Dr David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, on June 20 2020 in the town’s Forbury Gardens. He added: “The problem is not the system. The problem is the people operating the system. And that starts at the bottom and goes right through.“There were clear warnings of extremist risk and becoming a ‘lone-wolf’ attacker. We have been sat in court demoralised, bewildered and disillusioned by the agencies’ failure to effectively communicate, assess the risk and protect the public.“We cannot carry on listening to agencies saying, ‘lessons will be learnt’.
He went on: “These state agencies have let us down. The failure to prevent this attack has destroyed our lives. “As a family we have many questions and concerns about what various state agencies knew or ought to have known about this terrorist before he carried out his attack, and whether they could have done something to prevent it.
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