Finland knife attacker Moroccan teenager : Finnish police
"The act had been investigated as murder, but during the night we received additional information which indicates that the criminal offenses are now terrorist killings," media reports quoted the police as saying.
The suspect's "identity is known to the police. He is an 18-year-old Moroccan citizen," a statement said.
At least two people were killed as several were stabbed in south-western city of Turku on Friday. The attack left eight others injured.
South-West Finland police r tweeted that they shot the man who attacked several people.
The attacks on Thursday in Barcelona were also carried out by a Moroccan-born terror cell, which left 14 dead.
Police say both stabbing victims in Turku were Finnish, among eight injured were two Swedes and one Italian.
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