Society
An elderly man has been reported missing in Helsinki’s Käpylä district, according to the Helsinki Police Department. The man was last seen on Pellervontie on Friday morning at approximately 08:30 (Iltalehti; Ilta-Sanomat). The missing individual is described as approximately 180 centimetres tall, of slender build, and grey-
Crime
Police in Ostrobothnia are investigating a suspected serious crime against life and health that occurred in Vaasa on Friday morning. The incident took place near Asemakatu 37 at approximately 10:30 AM, according to the Ostrobothnia Police (Ilta-Sanomat). Authorities are requesting public assistance in locating two men who were
Society
Rescue operations concluded on Thursday after a motorboat sank northeast of Kuutsalo in Kotka, resulting in one fatality. The incident occurred near Vassaari, where authorities were alerted shortly before 3:00 PM. The boat, a medium-sized covered motorboat approximately six to seven meters long, had two people on board
Crime
The Southwest Finland Police are appealing for public assistance in locating a 74-year-old man who went missing on Thursday evening. The man left his residence in the Paasniitty area of Rusko and is believed to be moving on foot, according to authorities. The missing individual is described as
Crime
On Wednesday evening, Helsinki police handled two separate incidents involving reports of potentially armed individuals, both of which resulted in criminal investigations. Incident in Laajasalo At approximately 5:00 PM, emergency services received a report of an armed individual in a stairwell on Otonkuja in the Laajasalo district. Multiple police
Crime
A man died from stab wounds in Pieksämäki on Thursday evening following a violent altercation involving multiple individuals, marking one of four fatal stabbings reported across Finland on the same day. The incident occurred on Kuopiontie, less than a kilometer from the town center, shortly before 6:00 PM.
Crime
A 30-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder after throwing a three-year-old boy into a crocodile enclosure at a zoo in Cambridgeshire, England. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon at Johnson’s Zoo, located approximately 130 kilometres north of London (Ilta-Sanomat). The
Crime
A person was found dead in the water near the shore in Savelanmäki, Mikkeli, on Thursday afternoon. The South Savo Rescue Department received an alert about the incident under the task designation "human rescue" at 14:25 (MTV Uutiset). The deceased was discovered in the Savela area, approximately
Crime
A man died following a stabbing incident in a private residence in Karijoki early Thursday morning. A woman suspected of the crime was arrested at the scene and later remanded in custody. The emergency services received a report of the stabbing at approximately 3:00 AM on Thursday, 18 June.
Traffic
A chaotic scene unfolded in Valkeakoski on Wednesday evening as police pursued a moped rider who had violated multiple traffic regulations. The incident, captured on video by eyewitnesses, occurred shortly after 8:00 PM near the Market Square. According to Ilta-Sanomat, the moped rider entered an intersection with a
Crime
The Helsinki Court of Appeal has upheld a district court’s decision to dismiss charges against three men accused of raping an underage girl in October 2024, while significantly increasing the prison sentence of a man convicted of abusing dozens of children over a 15-year period. The court also
Crime
A 43-year-old man, Jalil Tawfeeq Rasool, has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison by the District Court of Southwest Finland for 34 crimes, including sexual abuse, drug offenses involving underage girls, and the assault and stalking of an adult woman. The verdict, delivered after