First Terror Attack In Finland

Reuters: Moroccan asylum seeker 'targeted women' in Finland knife attack

HELSINKI/TURKU, Finland (Reuters) - A Moroccan man who was arrested for killing two women in a knife rampage was an asylum seeker who appeared to have targeted women in Finland's first terrorism-related attack, police and a Red Cross official said on Saturday.

The 18-year-old suspect, arrested in the city of Turku following Friday's attack in which eight other people - six of them women - were wounded, arrived in Finland last year, police said. Police shot the suspect in the leg before his arrest.

Police also arrested four other Moroccan men over possible links to him and issued an international arrest warrant for a sixth Moroccan, they said.

Finnish broadcaster MTV, citing an unnamed source, said the main suspect had been denied asylum in Finland, although police

said only he had been "part of the asylum process".

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More News On Saturday`s Terror Attack In Finland

Finland killings: Knifeman 'targeted women in Turku terror attack' -- BBC
Finland stabbing attack was "a likely terror act," officials say -- CBS/AP
Fatal Knife Attack in Finland Is Investigated as Terrorism -- NYT
British man who was stabbed as he helped victims of Finland knife rampage is revealed to be a paramedic as he insists: 'I am not a hero - I did what I trained for' -- Daily Mail
British man stabbed while defending victims in Finland terrorist attack says he’s ‘no hero' -- The Independent