Oulu police now suspect teenager’s stabbing was racially motivated | Yle News

Oulu police say the 23-year-old suspect in the case has “some degree of long-term hostile attitudes” towards foreigners.

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Oulu police now suspect that the stabbing of a high school student in September was racially motivated.

Immediately after the stabbing dead In broad daylight on Monday, September 9, police said they found no indication the attack was racially motivated.

The victim, who was of foreign origin, was seriously injured in the attack but survived the attack after being taken to a nearby hospital.

On Tuesday, police said the 23-year-old suspect in the case had “some degree of long-term hostile attitudes” towards strangers.

“Following questioning of an outside witness and an expert, there were indications of this. Therefore, the incident was classified as a hate crime,” a police press release issued Tuesday said. The statement was included.

happened previously reported The suspect had denied that the victim’s foreign background was a motivation for carrying out the attack.

Police said in a statement on Tuesday that they forwarded the case to the prosecutor under the crime of attempted murder to evaluate the charges.

The suspect was arrested custody Since 9/11.

Police had previously said the case was not linked to two stabbing attacks at the Valkea shopping mall in Oulu in June.

The first incident involved a man stabbed and injured A 12-year-old child of foreign origin. The suspect of this crime is a 33-year-old far-right extremist. Sebastian Lämsa, He belonged to the Northern Resistance Movement banned neo-Nazi group.

About a week later, wait a second stab The incident that injured a foreign man at the shopping mall was thought to be a copycat attack.