Finnish police arrest teen in mall bomb probe

Finnish police today arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of helping a student who is believed to have set off a bomb at a shopping mall last week, killing himself and six others.

Finnish police today arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of helping a student who is believed to have set off a bomb at a shopping mall last week, killing himself and six others.

Detective Chief Superintendent Tero Haapala said the boy, from southern Finland, was a chief suspect in “providing information about how bombs are constructed”.

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