Khairi Saadallah, 26, was aiming to kill as many people as possible during the attack in Forbury Gardens on June 20 last year, the Old Bailey was earlier told.
History teacher James Furlong, 36, scientist David Wails, 49, and US citizen Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were all pronounced dead at the scene.
They were enjoying a summer evening in the park after the easing of lockdown restrictions. Saadallah, a Libyan refugee of Basingstoke Road, Reading, shouted "Allahu Akhbar" during the attack and wounded three other people.Saadallah – who arrived in the UK in 2012 after fleeing civil war in his country – threw away the eight-inch knife and ran off, pursued by an off-duty police officer.As he was detained, a Muslim member of the public told.
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