Boy sustains bullet wounds in Pori, 4 held
Published : 01 Jan 2024, 23:56
Updated : 02 Jan 2024, 00:01
A 15-year-old boy sustained bullet wounds in a gun attack inside an apartment building at Sampola area in Pori, a municipality in Satakunta region late Sunday night, police said in a press release on Monday afternoon.
The incident took place at about 10:00 pm when the miscreants equipped with firearms attacked the boy and fired gunshots at him.
The seriously injured boy was taken to the hospital and police, quoting hospital sources said that his condition was critical.
Responding to an alarm, police rushed to the spot and conducted extensive search at the locality.
The police arrested four persons from Toejoki area in connection with the incident.
Police, however, did not divulge the identities of the victim or the suspects and did not disclose detail about the incident at the initial stage of the investigation.
“Some of the detainees are adults while some are minors. The police are investigating into the matter as a suspected attempted murder, but the crime section may change as the preliminary investigation is going on,” said lead investigator Antti Alitalo.