Item 1 of 3 SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB A view shows blood on the ground outside the Ratina shopping centre, where several people have been stabbed near the shopping centre, in Tampere, Finland July 3, 2025. Lehtikuva/Saara Peltola via REUTERS – FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. Lehtikuva/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. FINLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN FINLAND.

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STOCKHOLM, July 3 (Reuters) – Several 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.

The situation no longer posed a danger to others, a police statement said.

The injured are being given first aid, the police said.

They did not give details on the extent of the injuries nor on the perpetrator.

Police said they were interviewing witnesses and had cordoned off the scene.

Public broadcaster YLE reported that traffic in the centre of Tampere – located some 180 kilometres (112 miles) north of Helsinki and the country’s third-largest city – is at a standstill.

Daily Ilta-Sanomat reported that a witness saw bystanders giving first aid to two people lying on the ground at the time police arrived, and that, according to its information, the person arrested is a Finnish man in his twenties.

Local paper Aamulehti reported that the person arrested was a man.

Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the newspaper reports.

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