A Moroccan man told a court in Finland he was “in war against women” when he went on a rampage in the Finnish city of Turku in 2017, stabbing two women to death and wounding eight more people, local media reported. Two women were killed and six more women were injured. “My target was to hit women, not men … I was in war against women,” Bouanane said, according to Helsingin Sanomat. Bouanane had been radicalised shortly before the attack, police investigation showed, and his application for asylum had just been rejected. Bouanane has admitted the attacks, but his defence has denied terrorist intent, according to the definition in Finnish law.

Source: Punch April 17, 2018 13:18 UTC