Historical eventAugust 182017

Asylum seeker

Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland.

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When
Friday, August 18 20179 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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Dates: From 2017.

What happened

Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland.

August 18 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1983Hurricane Alicia
  2. 1989Luis Carlos Galán
  3. 1993American International Airways Flight 808
  4. 2003Murders of Andrew Bagby and Zachary Turner
  5. 20052005 Java–Bali blackout
  6. 2008Uzbin Valley ambush
  7. 2008Pervez Musharraf
  8. 20112011 southern Israel cross-border attacks
  9. 20172017 Turku attack
  10. 2017Asylum seeker
  11. 2019Iceland

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August 18 2017 — 9 years ago, on a Friday.

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