Day after Barcelona terror attack, two dead in Finland stabbing spree

Police shot one suspect in the legs and arrested him, while security forces wrote on Twitter that police were `looking for other possible perpetrators`.

Helsinki: Two people were killed and six were injured in a stabbing spree in the Finnish city of Turku today, police said, after officers shot one suspect and warned several others could be at large.

"There are eight victims in the stabbing. Two dead and six injured," Turku police tweeted.

Police shot one suspect in the legs and arrested him. Security forces wrote on Twitter that police were "looking for other possible perpetrators".

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.