Police in Finland say they have shot a man who reportedly stabbed several people in the south-western city of Turku.<\/p>\n
The man has been taken into custody after being shot in the leg, police say.<\/p>\n
The incident reportedly took place in the Puutori-Market Square area. One image showed a body lying on the ground. The body had been covered.<\/p>\n
People have been warned to stay away from the city centre.<\/p>\n
Finnish broadcaster YLE\u00a0said at least two other people had been injured in the incident.<\/p>\n
Other reports spoke of five or six victims.<\/p>\n
But there has been no official confirmation of casualties.<\/p>\n
A tweet from South-West Finland police at 16:40 local time (13:40 GMT) read: “Several people stabbed in central Turku. People are requested to avoid the city centre.”<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Turun Sanomat newspaper\u00a0said several ambulances were at the scene and police were carrying out checks on public transport.<\/p>\n
Briton Lee Hills, from Sunderland, sent the BBC a photograph of the scene of the incident. He was being kept in police lockdown in a pub about 200 metres from the scene.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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