Finland cops call fatal stabbings act of terror

Bloomberg

Finnish police are investigating an attack on Friday as an act
of terror after a young Moroccan man fatally stabbed
two people and wounded six others in a town west of the capital Helsinki.
The suspect, an 18-year-old who came to Finland as an asylum seeker last year, has so far refused to answer questions relating to the attack, according to the country’s National Bureau of Investigations. Four other Moroccan nationals have been arrested and police said on Saturday a further suspect remains at large. An international arrest warrant has been issued as part of the effort to catch him.
The main suspect, who is in hospital after police shot him in the lower body, had appeared to target women as he wielded his knife, Detective Sergeant Krista Granroth said at a press conference. Two men were wounded as they tried to assist the victims, while both the deceased were women. Those injured include an Italian, a Swede and a UK citizen, police said.
If Friday’s attack is proved to have been an act of terror, it would be the first of its kind in Finland, the Security Intelligence Service said. The stabbings took place just days after Spain suffered its deadliest terrorist attack in more than a decade. Thirteen people were killed after a man drove a van into a crowded tourist area in Barcelona. Another person was killed in a coastal resort town. About 100 more were injured.