Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Finnish police arrests 2 new suspects over Turku knife attack


(MENAFN- The Peninsula) AFP

HELSINKI: Finnish police said onWednesday they had arrested two more suspects in connection withlast week's knife attack that killed two and wounded eight inthe city of Turku.

The arrested men had told Finnish authorities they were fromAlgeria and Swedish ones they were Moroccan, police said.

Police have previously detained the main suspect, a Moroccanasylum seeker and three other men in connection with thekillings, which they suspected of having had a terrorist motive.

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