Finnish court names knife attack suspect
The Moroccan asylum seeker who told a court he killed two women in a knife attack in Finland is called Abderrahman Bouanane, legal papers showed on Monday.
Court documents also showed that the suspect – previously named by officials as 18-year-old Abderrahman Mechkah – is 22-years-old.
Finnish police said on Sunday the suspect gave officials a false identity when he entered the country in 2016.
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Eight other people were wounded in the Aug. 18 knife attack in the south-western city of Turku, which is being investigated as Finland’s first terrorism-related assault.
The suspect, who remains in custody, has told a court he was responsible for the attack but denied his motive was terrorism.
He arrived in Finland in 2016, lived in a reception centre in Turku and was denied asylum before the attack.
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