PM survives knife attack
Katainen was campaigning in Turku, western Finland, when a man came up to him brandishing a knife. Katainen’s security guards stopped the man, and he was taken away by police in handcuffs.
The man’s motive was unknown.
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SUBSCRIBEKatainen was campaigning in Turku, western Finland, when a man came up to him brandishing a knife. Katainen’s security guards stopped the man, and he was taken away by police in handcuffs.
The man’s motive was unknown.

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