Far-right extremist stabs foreign background child in Oulu

A 12-year-old child was injured when a miscreant attacked the child with knife at a shopping centre in Oulu on Thursday evening, said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in a press release on Friday.

The incident took place at about 6:30p.m. when a 34-year-old man with the background of extreme right activities stabbed the foreign background Finnish child several times from the behind in Valkea shopping centre.

He also tried to attack another person but failed.

Responding to an alarm, police rushed to the spot and arrested the attacker from outside of the shopping centre.

Police said that the injuries of the child were serious but not life threatening.

The NBI is investigating into the incident as two suspected attempted murders.

NBI will place the suspect before the Oulu District Court on Monday seeking remand.

“A guard in the shopping centre managed to stop the suspect before he caused any more harm. The guard's action was extremely exemplary,” said Head of Investigation, Detective Superintendent Ari Soronen of the National Bureau of Investigation.

The criminal investigation is still at an early stage and the police do not know the exact motive for the act.