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One dead, eight injured in Finland stabbing spree

HELSINKI: At least eight people have been hospitalised and one person is dead following the stabbings in the Finnish city of Turku, the city''s hospital told local news agency STT.

One dead, eight injured in Finland stabbing spree

A cell phone picture shows Turku Market Square, where several people were stabbed, in Turku, Finland, on August 18, 2017. Lehtikuva via Reuters



Helsinki, August 18

At least eight people have been hospitalised and one person is dead following the stabbings in the Finnish city of Turku, the city's hospital told local news agency STT.

Several people were stabbed in an attack in the Finnish city of Turku on Friday, police said, warning people to stay away from the city as they reinforced security around the country.

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Police said they arrested one person after a shootout and had launched a manhunt for other possible attackers.

Read: One killed in stabbing in western Germany, attacker on the run: Police

The Turun Sanomat newspaper reported that at least one person was killed in the attack and that police were inspecting departing trains and buses.

An eyewitness saw four or five ambulances near the city’s main square, the paper said.

“The government is closely following the events in Turku and the ongoing police operation. The government will meet later today,” Prime Minister Juha Sipila wrote on his Twitter account. Reuters

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