Two people have been killed and six others were injured in a stabbing incident in the western Finnish city of Turku, police said.
A suspect is in custody and being treated in hospital after officers shot him. Turku is about 90 miles west of the capital, Helsinki. Security is being stepped up across the country in the wake of the incident, Finland’s interior minister Paula Risikko said during a news conference.
Update 5pm: One person has died in the stabbing incident in western Finland, according to reports. Earlier Police in Finland have shot a man in the leg after he was suspected of stabbing several people in the western city of Turku. Broadcaster YLE said several people were seen lying on the ground in the central part of the city.
On Twitter, police urged people to avoid that part of Turku.
One person has been “apprehended,” Finnish police said, adding “several people had been stabbed”.
The victims’ conditions have not been revealed.
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