Helsinki:
A male student stabbed three girls under the age of 15 in a school in Finland on Tuesday, after distributing a manifesto saying that he wanted to attack girls, police said.
The girls did not suffer potentially deadly injuries and the suspect was arrested shortly after the attack on Pirkkala in southwest Finland, police superintendent Jari Kinnunen told journalists.
He would not comment on the attacker’s reason, but said the police “had no reason to doubt” that he was the author of a manifesto sent to several media.
“There are indications in the manifesto that there is a deliberate selection of girls or women,” said Kinnun, adding that injured girls were “included in the same school”. Police would not comment if the suspect knew his victims or how he selected them.
