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25 Oct 2025

Suspect arrested after four people stabbed outside shopping centre in Finland

Suspect arrested after four people stabbed outside shopping centre in Finland

A stabbing attack that wounded four people outside a shopping centre in Finland was not believed to be a terror or racist attack, police said.

A suspect was arrested and there was no longer a threat to the public in the southern city of Tampere, police said.

No details were provided about the suspect or a motive, but Finnish news media said that a man was arrested. The condition of the wounded was not immediately clear.

Workers used pressure washers to clean up blood stains outside the shopping centre, Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported.

Police initially blocked all doors of the Ratina shopping centre and people were not allowed to enter or leave. But by early evening, police said they had lifted a lockdown and left the scene.

Tampere, about 100 miles north of Helsinki, is known as the sauna capital of the world.

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