STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Four people were injured in a stabbing attack near a shopping mall in the Finnish city of Tampere on Thursday and one person was arrested, but there were no indications of a terrorist or racist motive in the incident,

Finnish police say a stabbing attack that wounded four people outside a mall in Finland isn't believed to be a terror or racist attack.

Multiple people stabbed near shopping centre in Finland's Tampere. One person detained, police say the situation no longer poses a danger to others. Investigation underway.

Four people were stabbed near a shopping centre in Tampere, Finland's third-largest city, on Thursday and one person has been arrested, the police said. Police said in a later statement that the stabbings had not resulted in any fatalities.

The person arrested over the attacks in Tampere, Finland's third-largest city, is reported to be a Finnish man in his twenties, according to local media.

Police said in a statement they had arrested one person, but did not give details on the extent of people's injuries. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Finnish police said on Friday a man held over a stabbing attack in the southwestern city of Tampere on Thursday in which four people were injured told them he had no racist or political motive for the deed and had attacked people randomly.

The police said the suspect, who had been arrested is a 23-year-old Finnish man with a previous criminal history

The stabbing happened in Tampere, Finland's third-largest city, which is 180 kilometres northwest of the capital Helsinki. View on euronews