Turussa Kauppatorilla ja Puutorilla liikkunut ryhmä puukoin ja astaloin aseistautuneita hlöitä. Uhreja tullut. Silminnäkijän kuva.
Posted on 08/18/17
| News Source: YWN
Police in Finland have shot a man who reportedly stabbed several people in the city of Turku.
Witnesses reporting hearing multiple gunshots and seeing at least one person lying lifeless on the ground at the city center’s market square.
At least two people more people have been injured, according to Finland’s national broadcaster Yle.
a local newspaper is reporting that at least one person has been killed – with a reporter at the scene said the body on the ground had been covered.
The severity of injuries of other people involved in the attack is not currently known. Footage from the scene shows people fleeing the area and people shouting in fear.
South-West Finland police tweeted: “Several people stabbed in central Turku. People are requested to avoid the city centre.”
They added the suspected attacker had been shot in the leg and taken into custody.
Turku is in Finland’s southwest and lies around 140 kilometers (around 85 miles) west of the capital, Helsinki. It is a Swedish speaking city.
