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Reuters: Finnish police say arrested four other Moroccan men over links to stabbings

Published Aug. 19, 2017 at 4:08 pm

Police officers stand next to a person lying on the pavement in the Finnish city of Turku where several people were stabbed on August 18, 2017. Several people were stabbed in the southwestern Finnish city of Turku, police said after shooting and arresting a suspect. 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. / AFP PHOTO / Kirsi Kanerva

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Finnish police said they has arrested four other Moroccan men over their possible links to the man suspected of killing two and wounding eight in August 18’s knife attacks.

The police added in a news conference that the attacker, who had arrived in Finland last year, seemed to have chosen women as his targets.