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Tuesday, August 29, 2017
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Finland releases 2 suspects in knife attack probe
Finnish authorities say they have released two of the four suspects held in custody following this month’s stabbing attack that killed two and wounded eight.
All four had been placed in pre-trial detention last week on suspicion of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent but two of them were later cleared, a statement from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said.
“There is no longer any reason to suspect them of these offences,” it says.
Of the two left in custody, one is the main suspect — 22-year-old Abderrahman Bouanane, a Moroccan national who was shot in the thigh by police minutes after the attack.
— AFP
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