Thread: Finland attack – Knifemen kill two and stab five women – including one pushing a pram

KNIFE RAMPAGE Finland attack – Knifemen kill two and stab five women – including one pushing a pram – during rampage through city of Turku as cops gun down one suspect ‘and hunt gang of attackers’

Armed police scrambled to the middle of Turku as a knife-wielding group rampaged through the city - as a manhunt was launched to find the attackers

By Ellie Cambridge
Updated: 18th August 2017, 5:10 pm

KNIFEMEN killed two people and targeted five women, including one pushing a baby in a pram, in a stabbing spree in Finland.
Armed police scrambled to the middle of Turku as a knife-wielding group reportedly rampaged through the city – as a manhunt was launched to find the attackers.
Several people covered in blood were seen moments after the attack in Turku People gather to help a person who was attacked by a knifeman this afternoon in Finland
Police arrest potential suspect following attack in Turku, Finland

One person - thought to be the 'suspect' is put on a stretcher and wheeled away
The 'suspect' is seen being treated by police after falling to the floor
The man was shot in the leg before being arrested and taken into custody
This is the moment he was shot and fell to the floor before police detained him
A victim of the attack sits on the road after being bandaged up by medics

A police cordon separates crowds from what appears to be a covered body on the ground

People were left covered in blood after the shocking mid-afternoon attack which saw eight people rushed to hospital.
Police urged people to leave the centre as they said they were searching for more possible attackers throughout the city.
Horrified bystanders reported hearing screaming as a number of people were stabbed in Market Square before one person was arrested by Finnish police.
It is not clear if this is the same person who is said to have been shot in the leg by police as bystanders say they heard gunshots.
One man and five women were injured in the attack before shots were fired.
A young boy and elderly woman were injured, the Tarun Sanomat reported, adding that at least one person has died - with pictures from the scene appearing to show a body covered up.
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Witnesses said they saw a pool of blood following the attack on the group of six people.
One person tweeted: "At least 5 victims, most likely some fatalities one was a woman with a baby."
Others said a young man and woman were stabbed in the back during the rampage.
According to local reports at least one person was lying on the ground as multiple people also appeared to be injured.
Witness Kent Svensson told CNN: "This guy had this huge knife in his hand, and several times he was stabbing this person.
"People were just running everywhere. This guy was just constantly stabbing.
"He was just turning around flinging his knife everywhere. There were people lying everywhere.
"People were screaming and running.

The chaotic scene in Turku where a number of people armed with knives are said to have attacked six people
Emergency services were scrambled to the attack in the centre of Turku
The attack in Finland is the third to hit Europe in two days
Armed cops rushed to the centre of the Finnish city where six people were stabbed
Turku is a city in the south west of Finland, east of Helsinki
A large area of the Market Square was cordoned off after the attack
"We were just talking about what happened in Barcelona. We thought we were safe in Finland. And then this happens in front of our eyes.
"The woman was on the ground. She was dead. It's just awful.
"I can just see this huge knife in his hand and he's just stabbing. It's awful".
An eyewitness saw four or five ambulances near the city's main square.
As police searched for those behind the attack they made their way through Mylly Raisio shopping mall.
Laura Laine, from Turku, who was about 20 metres from the square, told YLE: "We heard a young woman scream enormously at the corner of the square.
"We saw a man in that square, the knife flicked in his hand and waved in the air."
Prime Minister Juha Sipila tweeted: "The government is closely following the events in Turku and the ongoing police operation. The government will meet later today."
Public television station Yle reported that central Turku was on lockdown, with witnesses saying they had seen bodies lying on the ground in a busy area of the town. Businesses were shut.

Police urged people to stay away from the city centre of Turku in the midst of the knife attacks




Armed Finnish policemen on guard at the Helsinki airport, after stabbings in Turku

South-West Finland police said on Twitter: "Several people stabbed in central Turku. People are requested to avoid the city centre."
A few minutes later cops tweeted a suspect had been shot in the leg and taken into custody.
A number of people were reportedly seen running with knives in the city centre of Turku, on the southwest coast of Finland.
Finnish police are reinforcing security at Helsinki Airport and train stations following the Turku stabbings.
This comes after two terror attacks in Spain yesterday - it is not clear if this attack in Finland is related to terror.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/427260...s-shots-turku/

TERROR IN FINLAND Graphic video of woman lying on the ground drenched in blood after being stabbed in Turku, Finland



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