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Unknown event in Finland on Mon 26th August 2024

26th August 2024

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Police on Monday afternoon said they were investigating an early morning apartment explosion as an attempted murder case. Two people were rushed to hospital following the blast.

One of the injured, born in 1980, is now suspected of both attempted murder and an explosives offence. Police investigations have revealed that the blast was triggered by illegal explosives. Current information also indicates that the other person injured in the explosion was the intended target.

Both of the people who were inside the apartment at the time of the blast were taken to hospital. Their injuries were not life-threatening.

The explosion occurred at 4:20 am, in a flat on Märssykuja 1, in the city's Meri-Rastila district, roughly 300 metres away from the Rastila Metro station.

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