Overview
- The stabbing occurred in an alley in Lower Earley on Saturday, May 23, and a man in his 20s was taken to hospital and later died.
- A teenage boy from Reading has been arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody as detectives carry out enquiries.
- Officers have cordoned several local areas, established a scene watch between Cutbush Lane and Kensington Close and are maintaining an increased patrol presence.
- Police say formal identification and a post-mortem are pending while forensic searches, including use of handheld metal-detecting wands, and witness enquiries continue.
- Detective Inspector Nick Hind urged residents not to speculate, said there is no believed threat to the wider public, and asked anyone with information to call 101 quoting reference 43260256521.