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Finland Stabbing Attack Leaves Two Dead

Saturday 19 August 2017
Finland Stabbing Attack Leaves Two Dead

Alwaght- Finnish police say two people have died and six people have been injured after a stabbing attack in a market square in the south-western city of Turku.

It was unclear if the incident was related to terrorism, said police, who shot at and arrested one man after the attack. Contrary to earlier reports, police said they were not looking for other suspects.

Police said the suspect was in custody and being treated in a hospital after officers shot him in the thigh. People were warned to stay away from Turku as security was reinforced nationwide.

Finnish police say two people have died and six people have been injured after a stabbing attack in a market square in the south-western city of Turku.

It was unclear if the incident was related to terrorism, said police, who shot at and arrested one man after the attack. Contrary to earlier reports, police said they were not looking for other suspects.

Police said the suspect was in custody and being treated in a hospital after officers shot him in the thigh. People were warned to stay away from Turku as security was reinforced nationwide.

Witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots. The attacker shouted extremist slogans allegedly linking him to the ISIS Takfiri terrorists, they said.

The stabbing spree comes hot on the heels of two deadly car ramming attacks in Catalonia which left 14 people dead and some 100 others injured.

ISIS has pledged to bring more terror carnage to Europe and the US in an official bulletin published hours after the Barcelona massacre.

May this year, the head of the UN Security Council's counterterrorism agency has warned that wave of “dangerous and disillusioned” ISIS terrorists fleeing defeat in Syria and Iraq might hit targets in Europe,

Jean-Paul Laborde Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) added that scores of foreign ISIS fighters, determined to come back to Europe, are “more dangerous” than previous waves of returnees.

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