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Finnish Court Sentences Moroccan Man Over 2017 Turku Knife Attack
Finnish Court Sentences Moroccan Man Over 2017 Turku Knife Attack
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A Moroccan man, Abderrahman Bouanane, has been found guilty of a deadly knife attack in the Finnish city of Turku in 2017. 15.06.2018, Sputnik International
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Finnish Court Sentences Moroccan Man Over 2017 Turku Knife Attack
10:08 GMT 15.06.2018 (Updated: 07:19 GMT 27.09.2023) A Moroccan man, Abderrahman Bouanane, has been found guilty of a deadly knife attack in the Finnish city of Turku in 2017.
A Finnish court sentenced 23-year-old Abderrahman Bouanane, a terrorist who carried out a knife attack in Turku's market square, to life in prison.
"District Court of Varsinais-Suomi has today sentenced Mr. Abderrahman Bouanane to life imprisonment for two murders with terrorist intent and eight attempted murders with terrorist intent," the court said in a statement.
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In Finland, a life sentence means at least 12 years in prison.
On August 18, 2017, two people were killed and eight others injured in a knife attack in Turku's market square. The prime suspect became Abderrahman Bouanane, a 23-year-old man of Moroccan origin.
According to the National Bureau of Investigation, Bouanane applied for asylum in Finland in the first half of 2016 and resided first at the Pansio Reception Centre in Turku and later in a private residence in Turku.
