HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Finnish police have released three of the seven suspects held following a stabbing spree that killed two people last week, they said in a statement Saturday. But four men are still in custody after last week’s attack in the southwestern city of Turku, which investigators are treating as the country’s first terror attack. They include the main suspect in the attack, which took place on August 18, a man police initially […]

TURKU, Finland (AFP) — Finnish police arrested five people in a Turku apartment overnight in their investigation into a stabbing rampage that left two people dead, they said Saturday. Police shot and wounded a knife-wielding suspect on Friday, arresting him minutes after an afternoon stabbing spree at a Turku market square. Police on Saturday raised the number of injured in the attack from six to eight. “There was a raid and we have now six […]

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Finnish police said they were looking for more suspects after arresting a man on suspicion of stabbing several people in the southwestern city of Turku. “Police are looking for other possible perpetrators of the crime in Turku,” security forces wrote on Twitter. “They ask the population to leave and avoid central Turku.” The suspect’s motive was as yet unknown, as was the number of victims.

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Several people were stabbed in the southwestern Finnish city of Turku on Friday, police said after shooting and arresting a suspect. “Police shot the suspected perpetrator in the legs,” police wrote on Twitter. “The person has been arrested. We recommend that people avoid central Turku.” Police did not confirm the number of victims. Public television station Yle reported that central Turku was on lockdown, with witnesses saying they had seen bodies […]