Finnish police say arrested four other Moroccan men over links to stabbings

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Sat, 19 Aug 2017 - 12:12 GMT

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People bring memorial candles and flowers to the Turku Market Square for the victims of Friday's stabbings in Turku, Finland August 19, 2017. Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY

People bring memorial candles and flowers to the Turku Market Square for the victims of Friday's stabbings in Turku, Finland August 19, 2017. Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY

ELSINKI - 19 Aug 2017: Finnish police said they has arrested four other Moroccan men over their possible links to the man suspected of killing two and wounding eight in Friday's knife attacks.

The police added in a news conference that the attacker, who had arrived in Finland last year, seemed to have chosen women as his targets.

Finnish broadcaster MTV, citing unnamed source, said the man had been declined asylum. The police declined to comment but said he had been "part of the asylum process."

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