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Turku terror rampage: teen suspect is Moroccan -- just like Barcelona jihadis
[THESUN.CO.UK] A BRIT who rushed to help a women stabbed in a bloody terror attack in Finland has said he is “not a hero” – as police reveal teen suspect is Moroccan.Two women were stabbed to death in the streets of Turku, with police revealing six others were injured, including several men who came to the aid of the victims, including a woman with a pram. The British man suffered minor injuries after being caught up in the rampage, with police saying the 18-year-old suspect – from Morocco, like those involved in the Barcelona terror attacks – had appeared to target women. Both women killed in the attack were Finnish, with others injured including an Italian national and two Swedes. Superintendent Christa Granroth of Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation said: “We think that the attacker especially targeted women, and the men were wounded after coming to the defence of the women. “One man was injured trying to help a victim and one man tried to stop the attacker.” Eight people were injured, ranging in age from 15 to 67, with three victims still in intensive care. Finnish police said in a statement: “The act had been investigated as murder, but during the night we received additional information which indicates that the criminal offences are now terrorist killings.”
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! a number of people during the night as part of their investigation. Local media said the police raided an apartment in the eastern Turku suburb of Varissuo, which is home to a large immigrant population and located about 7 kilometers from the market square where the attack took place. The arrested suspect had been in Finland for only a short time before the attack, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported. The police will hold a news conference at 1100 GMT. Four of the maimed were still in hospital, three of them in intensive care, while the other injured persons would be sent home on Saturday, the hospital said. The SIS has said anti-immigration groups have been on the rise in the country after it received about 32,500 asylum seekers during the migration crisis in 2015. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-20 |
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