16-Year-Old Detained for Stabbing Girls at Finnish School

The boy who is suspected of having stabbed girls at a school in Birkala in Finland has been detained.

» Published: May 23 2025

16-Year-Old Detained for Stabbing Girls at Finnish School
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He is detained by the district court in Pirkanmaa on probable cause for three attempted murders, reports Swedish Yle.

According to the police, the 16-year-old did not know his victims, who were allegedly chosen randomly during the incident on Tuesday. The boy sent out a manifesto just before the incident, in which he wrote that he had made plans for about half a year to stab girls and then surrender to the police.

The three victims were all under 15 years old. None of them suffered life-threatening injuries.

Charges are to be brought, according to Yle, no later than October 16.

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