
Finland police admitted that murders in the city of Turku are terrorist in nature, BBC reports . Prior to this, the Finnish authorities refused to confirm that we were talking about a terrorist attack.
The police also said that the identity of the suspect was established. This is an 18-year-old citizen Morocco, whose name is not called. According to preliminary data, the killer came to Finland in the spring of 2016. The police do not comment on whether he received the refusal of the migration service, but confirms that he was in the process of obtaining refugee status.
On the eve of the suspicion of involvement in the crime, four men, Morocco citizens, were detained. According to the representative of the Central Bureau of Investigation, it was their interrogation that allowed the attack as a terrorist attack.
According to police, both who died during the attack of a woman - citizens of Finland. Among the eight wounded, one citizen of Italy and two citizens of Sweden.
The day before, in the center of the Finnish city of Turk, a man attacked passers -by with a knife . Two people were injured in Poutorie Square, several more passers -by were injured in Cauppatori Square. One of the wounded died at the site of the tragedy, the second died in the hospital.
The police used firearms against the criminal, he was injured in the leg. The attacker was detained and taken to the hospital.
The condition of the three victims, including the suspect, is considered serious, they are in the intensive care unit. Additional medical personnel were called to the hospital, security measures were strengthened.
According to the police, all the victims were random passers -by and did not have any connections with the alleged killer.
In Turku, police conducted a special operation to search for accomplices of the attacker. The police checked the train and buses departing from the city
A video of an attack made by one of the eyewitnesses appeared in social networks. The screams of Allah Akbar are heard on it.