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Police are appealing to the public for assistance in locating a man who went missing in Haapajärvi last May. The last confirmed sighting of the man, born in 1963, was on 17 May 2025 as he cycled along Joenrantie in Haapajärvi. Authorities have released an image of the missing individual,
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A former project manager for the Tampere-based association Huussi ry has been convicted of aggravated aid fraud, aggravated embezzlement, and forgery in connection with sanitation projects in Zambia and Ghana. The Pirkanmaa District Court sentenced the individual—a woman in her fifties—to one year and nine months of
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The Northern Savo District Court in Iisalmi began hearings on Thursday in the case of a 23-year-old man accused of murdering his 71-year-old father on a farm in Kiuruvesi last March. The defendant denies the charges of murder and manslaughter but admits to aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
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Police in Southwest Finland are investigating a homicide in Somero after a deceased man was found in a private residence on Thursday. Two men, aged approximately 65 and 30, have been detained as suspects in the case. The emergency center received a report shortly before dawn on Thursday about a
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A person climbed a radio mast on Pellavakaskentie in Espoo on Wednesday evening, prompting a multi-agency response that lasted several hours. The incident was first reported to emergency services at 19:48, with authorities confirming the alert shortly after. Ilta-Sanomat (IS) reports that the Helsinki Police Command Center
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The Vaasa Court of Appeal has dismissed terrorism-related charges against two men from Kankaanpää, upholding an earlier decision by the Satakunta District Court. The men, both in their thirties, had been accused of training for the purpose of committing a terrorist offense, with one also facing an explosives charge
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The Southwest Finland Police have completed a preliminary investigation into an assault on a teacher at Nakkila Comprehensive School in November 2025. The case involved a pupil under the age of 15, who is suspected of hitting and kicking a teacher supervising recess in the head before leaving the scene.
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Finnish police have completed their pre-trial investigation into a series of vandalism incidents linked to the group Palestine Action Finland, forwarding the case to prosecutors for consideration of charges. The offences include the defacement of a protected Ministry of Defence building in Helsinki, as well as attacks on properties
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A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to a three-month suspended prison term for stalking and making illegal threats against a police officer in Northern Savonia. The District Court ruled that the man’s actions caused the officer significant fear and distress, with the officer reporting concerns that
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The Supreme Court of Finland has rejected an application for leave to appeal from Roope Bob Tikkanen, a 51-year-old psychiatrist convicted of murdering his wife in December 2022. As a result, the life imprisonment sentence imposed by the Helsinki Court of Appeal remains in force (Iltalehti). Tikkanen was
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The Helsinki Court of Appeal has sentenced two men to two years and four months in prison for the aggravated rape of a 15-year-old girl in May 2018. The ruling increases the men’s previous sentences, handed down by the Helsinki District Court in April 2024. The convicted
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A violent altercation on a train at Tikkurila station in Vantaa on Saturday afternoon resulted in the stabbing of an 18-year-old man, with police later apprehending a 16-year-old suspect. The incident has raised concerns over escalating violence in public transport, as authorities also investigate a separate