Paramedics could not operate on Reading terror victims because of Covid restrictions

Ambulance staff who arrived at the 2020 Reading terror attack could not operate on a man stabbed in the neck because they were not wearing anti Covid overalls, an inquest heard. Libyan asylum seeker Khairi Saadallah, 29, knifed history teacher James Furlong, 36, scientist David Wails, 49, and their friend Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, in a ‘ruthlessly efficient’ attack lasting less than a minute. The jihadist targeted the victims as they enjoyed the sunshine in Forbury Gardens after the first Covid…