Turku stabber interrogated: Police

The police were able to interrogate on Sunday afternoon the main suspect for Friday's stabbings in Turku, but released no details.

Crista Granroth, officer in charge of the investigation, told Finnish News Agency that there were "ideological thoughts" behind the attacks, but did not specify what kind of ideology the investigators had been able to observe.

The police will submit an incarceration order on Monday to the Southwestern Finland Regional Court. In Finland, the police can hold a suspect in detention only for a limited time without a court approval.

The suspect need not be present in the court process, as he is still in hospital, according to media reports.

The 18-year-old Moroccan stabbed crowds at Market square in central Turku on Friday afternoon, leaving two Finnish women dead and eight others wounded.

In all five Moroccans are in detention, including the main suspect, who is still in hospital under surveillance.

Finnish law requires a court hearing on Monday for further incarceration. Police said it has not been decided whether the police requests continued detention for the four.

On Sunday morning, a re-enacting of the Friday incident was staged in the actual locations in the Turku city center. The police said it is a routine measure in major crimes in Finland.

Finnish laws prohibit the police from releasing the names of people involved. Media has published the name the main suspect used when arriving in Finland, but the police said they will not confirm or deny it.

The Security Police said late Saturday it had stored some information about him as he was an asylum seeker, but the 18-year old had not been in a terrorism related surveillance.