Crime
Police are investigating the drowning of a woman in her 30s in the Koljonvirta River in Iisalmi on Saturday, 8 August, after initially treating the incident as an accident. Authorities are now examining whether there are grounds to suspect a crime. The woman was in a rowboat with a man
Traffic
Police in Ostrobothnia are searching for a motorcyclist who performed a high-speed wheelie near Överesse School in Pedersöre on Thursday afternoon, endangering traffic safety and ignoring police orders to stop. The incident occurred shortly before 1:00 PM on Ähtäväntie, where police were conducting traffic surveillance. The motorcyclist was
Crime
Police pursuits involving teenage moped riders have sparked debate over safety and proportionality after multiple incidents across Finland, including a recent case in Tuusula where a 15-year-old was seriously injured. Authorities are investigating both the actions of officers and the riders involved, while families affected by similar incidents
Crime
Police in Vantaa are investigating a serious act of violence that took place in an apartment in Myyrmäki on Thursday, 13 August. The incident is being treated as aggravated assault, though authorities have not yet disclosed details about the victims or suspects. The Eastern Uusimaa Police Department received an emergency
Crime
A 35-year-old Finnish woman is suspected of deceiving at least seven people by selling the same Flow Festival tickets on Facebook, with reports suggesting there may be even more victims. The woman, who operated under her real name, is now facing five counts of petty fraud, according to
Crime
Two individuals were assaulted in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Helsinki’s Tapulikaupunki district, leaving both victims with serious injuries. The incident occurred near Kruunaajanpolku 3, and police are investigating the case as aggravated assault (Ilta-Sanomat, Iltalehti). According to police reports, eyewitnesses saw a silver-grey sedan
Society
Former and current employees of Abnoy Oy, a private provider of child protection services, have reported widespread safety risks, understaffing, and systemic failures in the company’s residential units in Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, and Kanta-Häme. Interviews conducted by Yle’s MOT program, along with official documents obtained through information
Crime
Central Finland Police are searching for an elderly man who went missing in Jyväskylä on Friday, 14 August. The man was last seen in the early hours of the morning in the Palokka district. According to police, the missing man is approximately 170 centimetres tall and slender. He was wearing
Traffic
A serious traffic accident in the Kainuu region on Thursday evening resulted in one fatality and left three others injured. The incident occurred on Kiveslahti Road in Paltamo, where a passenger car veered off the road and overturned. According to the Oulu Police Department, the vehicle, which was traveling in
Crime
A fire broke out in an abandoned house on Järvensivuntie in Tampere’s Järvensivu district on Wednesday at approximately 17:00, prompting a large-scale response from emergency services. Ilta-Sanomat reports that 10 rescue units were deployed to extinguish the blaze, which destroyed the structure nearly down to its
Crime
A 32-year-old district court secretary at the Helsinki District Court was dismissed in December 2024 following criminal convictions, but the termination has since been overturned by the Helsinki Administrative Court. The case has raised questions about the grounds for dismissing judicial employees over off-duty conduct. The woman,
Crime
The North Savo District Court carried out an unusual on-site inspection in Vesanto today, revisiting key locations connected to the case of Mika Moring, 54, who is accused of the manslaughter of Saara Arva, 35. The inspection, requested by the prosecutor, aims to determine whether Arva could have reached