HELSINKI — A suspect detained for allegedly stabbing two people to death in a knife attack in the western Finnish city of Turku is being investigated for murder with possible terrorist intent, police said Saturday. The dead from the apparent indiscriminate attack on Friday are Finnish citizens, while the eight wounded include one Italian, one Briton and one Swede. A suspect detained for allegedly stabbing two people to death in a wild knife attack in the western Finnish city of Turku is being investigated for murder with possible terrorist intent, police said Saturday. The NBI said others involved in the investigation were the Finnish Security Intelligence Service, police in Turku and the European Union’s police agency, Europol. Flowers and candles were placed on a square in Turku, and Finnish flags flew at half-staff across the country.

Source: Washington Post August 19, 2017 08:26 UTC