Was it about the Islamic State?

Finnish police classified the attack by two people killed and eight injured in Turku as terrorist assassinations. Now investigators are checking whether the hand enforcement had contact with the IS militia.

In this case, Finnish police are conducting investigations due to the murder in two cases and attempted murder in eight cases “with a terrorist target”. The case for this classification is the conduct of the man arrested before and during the performance of the work, the chief of the National Police Authority said, KRP, Robin Lardot. Other details he couldn't give.

In the opinion of the police, this attack coincides with the pattern of other Islamist-motivated assassinations in Europe. It has not yet been clarified, whether the 18-year-old man had accomplices or whether he is eventually a member of a terrorist network. The trial of the suspect resembles those of the Islamic terrorist assassinations in Europe in the near past”, said the Finnish Secret Service chief SUPO, Antti Pelttar. A possible involvement of the terrorist militia “Islamic State” is therefore “one of the central” issues of the investigation, Peltar confirmed.

According to police, in the case of those arrested, it is about a asylum - seekers from Morocco who had gone to Finland in 2016. But the motive is unclear, because so far the detainee refuses to issue any statements. In addition, police arrested four other Moroccans. They have “a connection” to the handover, it became known. An international warrant was issued against a fifth suspect.

The role of those arrested is still being investigated, police announced. They're really about the prime suspect. But it's not safe that they're dealing with the knife attack. “If the suspicion of a terrorist act is confirmed, then this would be the first time in Finland”, said Finland's prime minister, Juha Silä. We were afraid of this: we're no longer island” But Finland continues to be “one of the world's safest countries”, Siliä said.

The alleged Doras killed two Finnishs Friday and injured eight others before the police stopped him by shooting him in the leg. According to police data, the person is being treated at Turk's university clinic. Seven victims of the assassination were treated medically. Of the eight injured, two were from Sweden, and one victim from Italy further revealed the police.

In response to the assassination, authorities have reinforced presence in public environments. Controls have been reinforced at the border. On Saturday the flags stayed in half the spear. On Sunday morning, a mourning minute was held. /dw/.