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Sky News
16 hours ago
- Sky News
Tampere: Four people stabbed near shopping centre in Finland
Four people were stabbed near a shopping centre in Finland, police have said. One person was arrested following the incident, which took place near the Ratina shopping centre in the city of Tampere, known as the sauna capital of the world. The stabbings had not resulted in any deaths, police said, while cordons previously in place have been removed and officers have left the scene. Police initially blocked all doors of the Ratina shopping centre and people were not allowed to enter or leave. "The situation no longer poses a danger to outsiders," a spokesperson for the local police force said in an earlier statement. Police later said there were no indications of a terrorist or racist motive in the incident. Tampere, Finland's third-largest city, lies in the south of the country, around 112 miles northwest from capital Helsinki. Police provided no details about the suspect, but daily Ilta-Sanomat said, according to its information, the person arrested was a Finnish man in his 20s. Public broadcaster YLE reported earlier that traffic in the centre of the city was at a standstill.
South China Morning Post
16 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Several people stabbed near Finland shopping centre, police arrest suspect
An assailant in Finland stabbed several people near a shopping centre in the southern city of Tempere on Thursday afternoon, and one person was arrested, Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured in the attack, but police said the situation no longer posed a danger to others. Victims were given first aid at the scene. Yle said that one person was detained, without giving further details. A blood stain is seen on the ground outside the Ratina shopping centre in Tampere. Photo: AFP Video by Yle showed heavy police presence and ambulances in front of the cordoned-off shopping centre. Daily Finnish paper Aamulehti reported that police blocked all doors of the Ratina shopping centre and people were not allowed to enter or leave the centre. Witnesses of the attack were taken to the second floor of the shopping centre for questioning. Yle also reported that employees from the social and crisis emergency services had arrived at the shopping centre to attend to victims and bystanders.
Free Malaysia Today
18 hours ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Stabbing attack wounds several in Finland, suspect held
Police said the area outside the Ratina shopping centre has been cordoned off. (Lehtikuva/AP pic) HELSINKI : Several people were stabbed and wounded today near a shopping centre in the Finnish city of Tampere, and the suspect has been arrested, police said. 'The situation no longer poses a danger to outsiders. The victims are being given first aid,' police said in a statement, adding that they were unable to immediately provide more details, including the number of victims. Several police cars and ambulances rushed to the scene after the violence, local media reported. Police said they were alerted to the stabbing at 4.23pm, and the area outside the Ratina shopping centre was cordoned off and police were still talking to witnesses more than an hour later. Tampere, a city of around 260,000, is located around 180km north of Helsinki.
BreakingNews.ie
19 hours ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Several reported to have been stabbed near shopping centre in Finnish city
Several people have been stabbed near a shopping centre in the southern Finnish city of Tampere, according to reports. Public broadcaster Yle reported that one person was detained without giving further details. Advertisement It was not immediately clear how many people were injured in the attack but police said the situation no longer posed a danger to others. Victims were given first aid at the scene. Video by Yle showed a heavy police presence and ambulances in front of a cordoned-off shopping centre. Daily Finnish paper Aamulehti reported that police blocked all doors of the Ratine shopping centre and people were not allowed to enter or leave. Advertisement Witnesses of the attack were taken to the second floor of the shopping centre for questioning. Yle also reported that employees from the social and crisis emergency services had arrived to attend to victims and bystanders.
South China Morning Post
19 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Finland police arrest one person after stabbing near shopping centre
An assailant in Finland stabbed several people near a shopping centre in the southern city of Tempere on Thursday afternoon, and one person was arrested, Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured in the attack, but police said the situation no longer posed a danger to others. Victims were given first aid at the scene. Yle said that one person was detained, without giving further details. A blood stain is seen on the ground outside the Ratina shopping centre in Tampere. Photo: AFP Video by Yle showed heavy police presence and ambulances in front of the cordoned-off shopping centre. Daily Finnish paper Aamulehti reported that police blocked all doors of the Ratina shopping centre and people were not allowed to enter or leave the centre. Witnesses of the attack were taken to the second floor of the shopping centre for questioning. Advertisement
