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One dead, eight injured in Finland stabbing spree: hospital

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AFP Helsinki
Last Updated : Aug 18 2017 | 9:42 PM IST
One person was killed and eight were injured in a stabbing spree in the Finnish city of Turku today, a hospital director said, after police shot one suspect and warned several others could be at large.
"I can confirm that eight people are in our hospital. One person is dead. The rest are in stable condition," Turku University Hospital director Petri Virolainen told AFP.
Police shot one suspect in the legs and arrested him. Security forces wrote on Twitter that police were "looking for other possible perpetrators".

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First Published: Aug 18 2017 | 9:42 PM IST

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