A 33-year-old man with links to the far-right was arrested for stabbing a 12-year-old boy in Oulu’s Valkea shopping center on Thursday night.
A man suspected of stabbing and seriously injuring a 12-year-old boy in Finland he was arrested this Thursday.
Finnish public broadcaster ‘Yle’ reported that intelligence services have identified the 33-year-old suspect as a person linked to far-right extremism.
According to local authorities, the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Valkea shopping center in Oulu, where a victim finnish 12 years old foreign origin He suffered serious injuries that were not life-threatening.
The Finnish police stated that the criminal investigation is at an early stage and that it is still mobile phone unknown exact of the act.
“A man born in 1990 is suspected of stabbing several times from behind to the 12-year-old victim. Then he tried to go for a smaller who was in the company of the other stabbing victim,” the police statement said.
Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo condemned what he called a “brutal attack on children.”
“The far-right violence It is a real threat in Finland. There is no place for extremism of any kind in this country. The Government acts with determination against extremism and violence,” he wrote in a post on X.
The court will review the suspect’s case for two attempted murder charges on June 17.
