Latest: Two dead and six injured following Finland stabbing incident

Two people have been killed and six others were injured in a stabbing incident in the western Finnish city of Turku, police said.

Update 9.15pm: Police said the man in custody is likely to have acted alone, but they are not ruling out the involvement of other people.

They said the man stabbed eight people, killing two of them, before police shot him in the thigh and detained him. Authorities are trying to determine his identity and nationality.