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Tampere: Four people stabbed near shopping centre in Finland

Thursday, 3 July 2025 19:28

Four people were stabbed near a shopping centre in Finland, police have said.

One person was arrested following the incident, which took place near the Ratina shopping centre in the city of Tampere, known as the sauna capital of the world.

The stabbings had not resulted in any deaths, police said, while cordons previously in place have been removed and officers have left the scene.

Police initially blocked all doors of the Ratina shopping centre and people were not allowed to enter or leave.

"The situation no longer poses a danger to outsiders," a spokesperson for the local police force said in an earlier statement.

Police later said there were no indications of a terrorist or racist motive in the incident.

Tampere, Finland's third-largest city, lies in the south of the country, around 112 miles northwest from capital Helsinki.

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Police provided no details about the suspect, but daily Ilta-Sanomat said, according to its information, the person arrested was a Finnish man in his 20s.

Public broadcaster YLE reported earlier that traffic in the centre of the city was at a standstill.

YLE also reported pressure washers being used to clean up blood stains outside the shopping centre.

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