Finland : Moroccan national is to face trial after the Turku knife attack

Abderrahman Bouanane, a Moroccan national who is accused of killing two people and injuring 8 others during a stabbing attack on the 18th of August in Turku is to face prosecution, reports Finnish online newspaper YLE.

The suspect will be tried on «two counts of murder with terrorist intent and eight counts of attempted murder with terrorist intent».

According to the same source, the preliminary hearings are to be held during spring and case will be heard by three judges.

Investigators believe that the Moroccan national is an ISIS soldier who was radicalized in a short amount of time. He did not admit any terrorist motive, according to his lawyer, Kaarle Gummerus who claimed last year that «(his client) admits manslaughter and injuries ... But what the investigator has brought up this far may not be enough to classify this as a terrorist crime».