Saturday, August 19, 2017

Finnish Police:Stabbing Spree a Terrorist Attack; Moroccan Muslim Charged with Killing 2 Women

Finnish police today (August 19, 2017) said a stabbing spree in Finland yesterday was a terrorist attack, and have identified the suspect as an 18-year-old Moroccan Muslim citizen, according to the Times of Israel website.

"The act had been investigated as a murder, but during the night we received additional information which indicates that the criminal offenses are now terrorist killings," police said in a statement.

The suspect was an asylum seeker who targeted women in his attack, police said.

Two women were killed in yesterday's attack, and eight other people were injured. Among the eight were six women and two men, police added.

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