Police in Finland have shot a man in the leg after he was suspected of stabbing several people in the western city of Turku.
Police said they are looking for more potential suspects over the stabbing in the western city of Turku.
Broadcaster YLE said several people were seen lying on the ground in the central part of the city.
Several persons stabbed in central Turku. Police has shot at suspected perpetrator. One person is apprehendee
— L-S poliisi (@L_S_poliisi) August 18, 2017
The police is searching for possible more perpetrators in Turku. People are asked to leave and avoid the center of Turku.
— L-S poliisi (@L_S_poliisi) August 18, 2017
On Twitter, police urged people to avoid that part of Turku.
The tabloid Ilta-Sanomat said six people were injured, one man and five women, and that a woman with a buggy was attacked by a man with a large knife.
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