Two Dead in Stabbing Attack at Market in Finland
Impacting Travel Brian Simpson August 18, 2017
UPDATE: August 20, 2017 - 11:14AM
According to CBC News, police are questioning the suspect shot by police following a deadly knife attack in Turku, Finland and is beign investigated for murder with possible terrorist intent.
The suspect is an 18-year old man from Morocco seeking asylum in Finland and it appears that he was specifically targetting women.
"We think the attacker was going after women." said Crista Granroth of Finland's National Bureau of Investigation. Granroth added that one man was wounded with a knife slash when he tried to stand between the attacker and a woman.
Four other Moroccans living in Turku who know the suspect are also being investigated.
Original Story:
Police have not yet ruled out terrorism after two people were killed and six others injured in a stabbing today at a market square in the Finnish city of Turku, approximately 170km west-northwest of the Finnish capital of Helsinki.
A man brandishing a knife went on a stabbing spree in Turku’s Market Square, stabbing eight people in total, including a woman pushing a pram. The suspect was shot and taken into custody and is being questioned by police.
According to The Sun, police are investigating whether others are involved or if the man acted alone.
"At this stage, there is only one suspect and we are investigating whether there are more people involved ... but it looks likely [he was alone]," Markus Laine from Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation told The Sun."…we do not investigate this [as a terrorism attack] but the possibility has not been ruled out."
Several persons stabbed in central Turku. Police has shot at suspected perpetrator. One person is apprehendee
— L-S poliisi (@L_S_poliisi) August 18, 2017
Police are warning anyone in the area to stay away from the center of Turku while the investigation continues.
The police is searching for possible more perpetrators in Turku. People are asked to leave and avoid the center of Turku.
— L-S poliisi (@L_S_poliisi) August 18, 2017
TravelPulse Canada will continue to follow this story as it develops.
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