TURKU, Finland: Police shot and wounded a suspect after a stabbing spree in which a man killed two people and wounded six others in the Finnish city of Turku. Two dead and six injured,” Turku police tweeted after the assault in a market square. Police shot a suspect in the thigh minutes after the attack at another square nearby, arresting him and confiscating his knife. His identity has not yet been established, police said late Friday, nor was the motive for the attack clear. In 2012, Finland’s then-prime minister Jyrki Katainen escaped a knife attack in Turku while campaigning for municipal elections.

Source: Manila Times August 19, 2017 07:18 UTC