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Police investigate Finland stabbing as terror attack: police

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AFP Helsinki
Last Updated : Aug 19 2017 | 2:07 PM IST
Police are now investigating a stabbing spree in Finland that left two people dead as a terrorist attack, police said today, identifying the suspect as an 18-year-old Moroccan citizen.
"The act had been investigated as 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's "identity is known to the police. He is an 18-year-old Moroccan citizen," it said.

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First Published: Aug 19 2017 | 2:07 PM IST

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