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Barcelona holds a minute's silence honouring terror victims

Barcelona holds a minute's silence honouring terror victims

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'Suspect' arrested after shocking stabbing spree in Finland

#Terror in #FINLAND: Two people die and multiple victims – including five women – are injured after knifeman goes on rampage before being shot…Two people have been killed and at least eight wounded after a man armed with a knife stabbed several people in Finland before being shot by armed police. Eight people have been taken to hospital following the stabbings, including a woman who was pushing a pram. Some of the victims are in a critical condition.Within three minutes of the attack beginning, police shot a man in the leg before arresting him. They are now on the hunt for more potential suspects.At least one person was pictured lying bleeding and motionless on the pavement among other victims in the southwestern city of Turku.Chief of police Seppo Kolehmainen said the attack was not currently being treated as terror-related, but said such a motive cannot be ruled out.The attack began at 4.02pm, officials said, with the suspect arrested at 4.05pm.All of the victims in the attack are adults, Turko hospital chief said. Stab victim Hassan Zubier, 45, was slashed repeatedly as he tried to help an injured woman who died in his arms.'We were strolling around the square when we suddenly heard someone screaming. I turned around. I saw a guy stabbing a woman with a knife while she lies on the ground,' Mr Zubier told Swedish dailyExpressen from the Turku hospital.'I rushed to help her and tried to stop the blood flow. Others gave her heart and lung assistance.'The attacker then turned to slash at Zubier's girlfriend. He said that he rushed between her and the armed man and was stabbed twice.Mr Zubier, a Swedish national, said that the attacker then moved away and he returned to the injured woman who he believed was dying on the ground.'I try to stop the violent bleeding from her throat. Then he stabs me with the knife again. The woman is so badly injured and she dies in my arms,' he said.Mr Zubier said that he has been stabbed in his neck, in his chest, at the side of the chest and on the back of his shoulders.'My left hand is seriously injured. A nerve is injured, it is not certain that they can save the arm. I'm going to the MRI now, the doctors will then decide what to do.'Mr Zubier and his girlfriend were on holiday in Turku. They were planning to have taken a cruise ship back to Stockholm on Friday night. Finnish police said they were reinforcing security nationwide, with additional patrols and boosted surveillance following the stabbings.Interior Minister Paula Risikko told Helsingin Sanomat she did not yet know whether the attack was related to terrorism.The arrested suspect is being treated in hospital. Speaking to US broadcaster CNN, Kent Svensson, 44, said: 'This guy had this huge knife in his hand – and several times he was stabbing this person. People were just running everywhere. 'This guy was just constantly stabbing. He was just turning around, flinging his knife everywhere. There were people lying everywhere.'People were screaming and running.'We were just talking about what happened in Barcelona. 'We thought we were safe in Finland. And then this happens. 'The woman was on the ground. She was dead. It's just awful.'I can just see this huge knife in his hand and he's just stabbing.' Man 'stabbed to death' in #Germany In a separate development, it is being reported that a man has been stabbed to death inside a shop in Dusseldorf, Germany. At least one other person is thought to have been hurt. The motive is not known, though it is not believed to be terror-related. In a video purporting to show the aftermath of the attack, people can be seen fleeing in the street.It was also reported that a man was heard screaming 'Allahu Akbar' during the attack, but others have stressed this was merely misheard Finnish. Turun Sanomat said police were inspecting departing trains and buses. 'The government is following the situation in Turku closely and a police operation is under way,' tweeted Prime Minister Juha Sippila ahead of a cabinet meeting.'Police are looking for other possible perpetrators of the crime in Turku,' security forces wrote on Twitter. 'They ask the population to leave and avoid central Turku.' In 2012, Finland's then-prime minister Jyrki Katainen escaped a knife attack in Turku while campaigning for municipal elections.The man who approached him carrying a knife was found to be psychologically disturbed and no charges were brought against him. According to local media site Uutiset, police tweeted: 'Several people stabbed in central Turku. People are requested to avoid the city centre.'Moments later a suspect was shot in the leg and arrested. Witness Laura Laine said she was alerted by hearing a young woman screaming loudly at the corner of the market square.'We saw a man at the square, he had knife in his hand, and he was swinging it in the air. We understood he had stabbed someone,' she told Finnish broadcaster YLE. According to Hufvudstadsbladet, witnesses have reported seeing people walking around with baseball bats in the area following the attack. Ilta-Sanomat, meanwhile, is reporting that people in the street tried to prevent the attack as it was going on. One is reported to have used a baseball bat to strike the attacker. 'Police have told us not to go to the city center so we are in this coffee shop a few blocks away from the city center,' said Vanessa Deggins, an American who is studying business in one of Turku's three universities. She didn't witness the actual attack, but heard sirens going past. She added: 'This is a safe country by American standards. I have gone home alone at 2-3 a.m. … I feel safe. This is a safe country.' The attack comes just a day after at least 14 people were killed and over a hundred hurt in terror attacks in Catalonia.(Akademi Portal Com Says)

NNCTürk paylaştı: 18 Ağustos 2017 Cuma