Finnish police 'quite certain' about attacker's identity - local media


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  • Saturday, 19 Aug 2017

The suspect lies on the ground surrounded by police officers at the Market Square where several people were stabbed, in Turku, Finland August 18, 2017. Courtesy Kirsi Kanerva/Handout via REUTERS

TURKU, Finland (Reuters) - Finnish police raided an apartment in eastern Turku and said it was "quite certain" it had identified the attacker who killed two people and wounded eight during a stabbing rampage on Friday, local media reported.

The raid occurred just before 10 p.m. (1900 GMT), after police located a suspected vehicle, a white Fiat Ducato, whose owner lived in a building located in Turku's Varissuo suburb, Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reported.

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