Brit hurt helping Finland attack victims says: ‘I’m not a hero’
A BRITISH man injured helping victims of a suspected terror attack in Finland insisted last night: “I am not a hero.”
Two Finnish women were killed and seven people, including Hassan Zubier, were wounded in the knife rampage in the city of Turku, 90 miles west of the capital Helsinki.
Mr Zubier, a Kent-born paramedic now living in Sweden, was stabbed as he tried to help others, including a woman who died in his arms.
But he said: “I am not a hero. I did what I was trained for. I did my best and more.”
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokeswoman said: “Our staff have offered support to a British man following an incident in Finland.”
Four Finns, an Italian and a Swede were also hurt in the attack, which Finland’s Security Intelligence Service said was “a likely terror act”.
Police said the suspect, an 18-year-old Moroccan asylum-seeker, who was shot by officers and then arrested, appeared to have targeted women. Four other Moroccans have been arrested.
Police said in a statement yesterday: “The act had been investigated as murder, but during the night we received additional information which indicates that the criminal offences are now terrorist killings.”
They added the suspect had arrived in Finland in 2016 and had “been part of the asylum process”.