Knife attack suspect in Finland is Moroccan refugee

According to Reuters, on August 21, a Finnish court said the suspect in the knife attack in the city of Turku that killed two women and injured eight others on August 18 was an 18-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker named Abderrahman Mechkah.

Finnish police patrol in Turku on August 19, a day after the attack. (Source: AFP/VNA)

The suspect faces charges of murder and attempted murder with a terrorist motive, an emailed statement said. According to the latest information, Mechkah may participate in the trial via online video from the hospital after he was shot in the leg by police and arrested on August 18.

Police said the suspect appeared to target women.

A video taken by local residents at the scene shortly after the attack shows a man shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is great).

Police are investigating the attack as a terrorist incident, and are investigating whether it is linked to the truck attack in Barcelona, ​​Spain, that killed 13 people. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the stabbing attack./.

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