Terrorist attack in Finland

FraR

At least one person was seen lying on the ground and others are reported to be hurt on Friday afternoon in downtown Turku, south-west Finland. Police say that several people have been stabbed and ask the public to avoid the area. A suspected assailant has been shot in the leg and detained.

I never thought Finland would be a target for an attack like this. Makes me reassess my preconceived idea that Ireland is not a target.

Condolences to the victims and their families.

Noveight

Stockholm was targeted in April. Not to be sensationalist but everywhere on mainland Europe is a potential target, that's the grim reality.

tonycascarino

I'd hazard a guess that the attacker was a top-level scientist who definitely wasn't a Muslim...:rolleyes:

SEPT 23 1989

Probably fishermen having a row

Neon_Lights

Visual ****ebuzz

longshanks

tonycascarino wrote: »

I'd hazard a guess that the attacker was a top-level scientist who definitely wasn't a Muslim...:rolleyes:

I'd hazard a guess this thread will follow a boringly predictable path.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Probably fishermen having a row

Shouting Allah Ackbar? Aye.

Doltanian

FraR wrote: »

I never thought Finland would be a target for an attack like this. Makes me reassess my preconceived idea that Ireland is not a target.

Condolences to the victims and their families.

If you are Christian or Jewish then you are a target for Muslim terrorists, all non-beleivers are known as Kafir and must be killed as is preached in the Islamic Holy Book the Quran. Being Finnish, Spanish, British or German etc. has nothing to do with it, as it is them against everyone else basically.

https://quran.com/9/5

Neon_Lights

Kaleb Sparse Coffin wrote: »

Shouting Allah Ackbar? Aye.

I want a snack bar

AudreyHepburn

Oh my god not another one!

Every major city seems to be fair game to these mad men - where will it end?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Finland have had issues before.

Didn't residents of a small town attempt to burn down a migrant centre after the rape and murder of a young local girl?

Skullface McGubbin

So is this going to be the new normal?

BillyBobBS

Poland or Hungary etc.. Don't have a problem with terrorism. Wonder why huh.

Ush1

Notta Frinrand!

The_Valeyard

Neon_Lights wrote: »

I want a snack bar

No snack bar

Only Khlav Kalash

RDM_83 again

Doltanian wrote: »

If you are Christian or Jewish then you are a target for Muslim terrorists, all non-beleivers are known as Kafir and must be killed as is preached in the Islamic Holy Book the Quran. Being Finnish, Spanish, British or German etc. has nothing to do with it, as it is them against everyone else basically.

https://quran.com/9/5

I'm hardly a defender of fundamentalist Islam but that passage is not applicable to Jews and Christians

Strong Life in Dublin

I saw some very disturbing videos on twitter, it's only a matter of time before this happens in Ireland....

gitzy16v

BillyBobBS wrote: »

Poland or Hungary etc.. Don't have a problem with terrorism. Wonder why huh.

Seems all the previous experience of those Eastern Euro countries have with Islam in the past has seen them wisen up....

mahamageehad

Kaleb Sparse Coffin wrote: »

Shouting Allah Ackbar? Aye.

Ah, Finnish people are reporting that people were shouting "Watch Out" in Finnish in the videos and not Allah Snackbar but whatever....

The_Valeyard

mahamageehad wrote: »

Ah, Finnish people are reporting that people were shouting "Watch Out" in Finnish in the videos and not Allah Snackbar but whatever....

Khlav Kalash?

mahamageehad

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Khlav Kalash?

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/898545333222989825
Shouts in this video:
1st "...pois"= ..Get out
2nd "Varo!"=Watch out (s.)
3rd "Varokaa!" =Watch out (pl.)

Neon_Lights

The_Valeyard wrote: »

No snack bar

Only Khlav Kalash

No dice

I'm rubbing slices of ham over my chest with one hand whole drinking a pint of Guinness with the other as we speak.

Edit: And yes I'm typing with my nose

AudreyHepburn

Skullface McGubbin wrote: »

So is this going to be the new normal?

Sadly I think it will unless we start taking a much tougher stance against these mad men:

mahamageehad

Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat said six people were injured, one man and five women, in the attack.

Source

Looks like no one killed thankfully.

Here's the scary bit of that news article though:

According to Finnish intelligence, around 70 Finnish adults had traveled to join ISIS in Iraq and Syria by the end of 2015.

The_Valeyard

Neon_Lights wrote: »

No dice

I'm rubbing slices of ham over my chest with one hand whole drinking a pint of Guinness with the other as we speak.

If you were a lady, I could work with that.

But no dice.

tonycascarino

mahamageehad wrote: »

Source

Looks like no one killed thankfully.

Here's the scary bit of that news article though:

According to Finnish intelligence, around 70 Finnish adults had traveled to join ISIS in Iraq and Syria by the end of 2015.

I very much doubt it is ethnic Finns travelling to join ISIS.

chupacabra

mahamageehad wrote: »

Source

Looks like no one killed thankfully.

Here's the scary bit of that news article though:

Photos from the scene show one clearly dead person lying on the ground covered up.

Neon_Lights

The_Valeyard wrote: »

If you were a lady, I could work with that.

But no dice.

Yeah it is a bit of a sausage fest in here isn't it.

Free pork sausages for all civil people in here

2smiggy

is any attack any where a terrorist attack these days ? even one fellow with a knife ?

For anyone wanting a link -

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/several-people-stabbed-in-finland-knife-attack-1.3190814

LeBash

2smiggy wrote: »

is any attack any where a terrorist attack these days ? even one fellow with a knife ?

Yup, shoot 4 in Ballymun and you're from some place called gang land. Stab 1 person and be brown and you're a terrorist

chupacabra

LeBash wrote: »

Yup, shoot 4 in Ballymun and you're from some place called gang land. Stab 1 person and be brown and you're a terrorist

Its an ideological thing, not a racial thing.

Neon_Lights

chupacabra wrote: »

Its an ideological thing, not a racial thing.

Sure you hear kids in the north strand saying they want to be gangbangers when they grow up the rascals

Barry Badrinath

2smiggy wrote: »

is any attack any where a terrorist attack these days ? even one fellow with a knife ?

A terrorist attack is defined as a calculated use of violence or a threat of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.

So yes, one man with a knife can be considered a terror attack. It depends on the motive.

mahamageehad

tonycascarino wrote: »

I very much doubt it is ethnic Finns travelling to join ISIS.

Are we back to this again though? It doesn't make a blind bit of difference if they're "ethnic" - they are Finnish citizens. The kind that closing borders will do nothing against. That's why those people need to be the focus!!!

chupacabra wrote: »

Photos from the scene show one clearly dead person lying on the ground covered up.

Unless it's confirmed from a legit source though, I'll wait. Too much **** being spread online to take it at face value. Hell, there were screenshots from Black Mirror trending on Twitter yesterday as being from Barcelona.

EDIT: One confirmed dead now https://twitter.com/tassagency_en/status/898564513670332416

mahamageehad

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Yeah it is a bit of a sausage fest in here isn't it.

Free pork sausages for all civil people in here

Not all of us swing sausages!

fg1406

A friend of mine is living in Turku and she messaged me to say she is safe. She claimed it's a local crime and not a "terror" attack as is being portrayed.

fxotoole

Are you involved in the investigation, OP? How do you know it's a "terrorist" attack?

Neon_Lights

fxotoole wrote: »

Are you involved in the investigation, OP? How do you know it's a "terrorist" attack?

Are you an authority on reliable sources and opinion?

fxotoole

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Are you an authority on reliable sources and opinion?

No but I know better than to jump to conclusions

Neon_Lights

fxotoole wrote: »

No but I know better than to jump to conclusions

Oh how morally pontificating of you sir. You seem annoyed we have snack bars, Khlav khalash and sausages, they might calm you down.

Strong Life in Dublin

mahamageehad wrote: »

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/898545333222989825
Shouts in this video:
1st "...pois"= ..Get out
2nd "Varo!"=Watch out (s.)
3rd "Varokaa!" =Watch out (pl.)

Source? can you speak finnish? Because I'm watching a periscope of a finnish guy and he says the attacker was shouting allah akubar

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqGomVYaPgxv

The_Valeyard

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Oh how morally pontificating of you sir. You seem annoyed we have snack bars, Khlav khalash and sausages, they might calm you down.

We also have crab juice or Mountain Dew


No one ever goes for Mountain Dew

Uriel.

The_Valeyard wrote: »

We also have crab juice or Mountain Dew


No one ever goes for Mountain Dew

That's cos it's too wet

fxotoole

Neon_Lights wrote: »

Oh how morally pontificating of you sir. You seem annoyed we have snack bars, Khlav khalash and sausages, they might calm you down.

I'll have one Allahu Ackbar, hold the racism.

mahamageehad

Strong Life in Dublin wrote: »

Source? can you speak finnish? Because I'm watching a periscope of a finnish guy and he says the attacker was shouting allah akubar

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqGomVYaPgxv

There are literally hundreds of Finnish people on Twitter saying it.

Neon_Lights

fxotoole wrote: »

I'll have one Allahu Ackbar, hold the racism.

Beer it is!

Lux23

fg1406 wrote: »

A friend of mine is living in Turku and she messaged me to say she is safe. She claimed it's a local crime and not a "terror" attack as is being portrayed.

I don't know, there seems to be more than one suspect which wouldn't suggest a "local" crime but maybe.

Nordicgael

police confirmed 8 people stabbed. two people have died other 6 in hospital.
One attacker- male -shot in leg by police - hes alive and in police custody.police have not identified the attacker yet.
3 of the injured people are in intensive care in hospital.

MOH

Lux23 wrote: »

I don't know, there seems to be more than one suspect which wouldn't suggest a "local" crime but maybe.

There's only one suspect which suggests exactly that

mahamageehad

Nordicgael wrote: »

police confirmed 8 people stabbed. two people have died other 6 in hospital.
One attacker- male -shot in leg by police - hes alive and in police custody.police have not identified the attacker yet.
3 of the injured people are in intensive care in hospital.

Fair play to the cops for stopping him and catching him. If he is affiliated with others, hopefully they'll be able to draw that from him in questioning.