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Finland stabbing : 4 Moroccans are detained following the attack

4 detainees are Moroccan according to Finnish media./Ph. DR
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Four other suspects who are believed to be Moroccans were arrested in Finland after the deadly attack that took place yesterday in down town Turku. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports today quoting the Finnish police. An arrest warrant has also been issued against a fifth Moroccan suspect.

The assailant who's identified has been revealed earlier today, is hospitalized and in a critical condition. The 18-year-old alleged terrorist was shot by the police in the hip after killing two people and injuring 8 others.

The information was confirmed by the Finnish online newspaper Yle which wrote today that «the man is a Moroccan, as are four other detainees», adding that the main suspect refused to speak to the police who will try later today.

The Finnish police believes that the attacker was targeting women as two of the victims killed were women. «The injured include six women and two men». The men according to the same source were only trying to stop the attack.

The four detainees were arrested at «one or more private homes and at an asylum-seeker's reception centre». While the police indicate that the main suspect arrived to Finland last year and was «involved in the asylum seeking process».

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