Police Shoot Suspect After Fatal Stabbings In Finland
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Finland's interior minister says security is being stepped up across the Nordic country after stabbings that killed at least two people in a western city.
Paula Risikko made the announcement during a news conference in Turku, where the stabbings happened.
Police say that a suspect is in custody and being treated in a hospital after officers shot him in the thigh.
Turku is about 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of the capital, Helsinki.
DEVELOPING: Finnish police have shot a man who reportedly stabbed several people in the city of Turku, according to BBC pic.twitter.com/pl3JZMTold
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A motive behind the attack was not immediately known.
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