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Today in History: Islamist asylum seeker kills two, injures eight

8/18/2026

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On 18 August 2017, a 22-year-old Moroccan rejected asylum seeker, Abderrahman Bouanane, stabbed two women to death and wounded eight others in Turku, Finland. Police detained him after the attack; a June 2018 trial found him guilty of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent, sentencing him to life imprisonment.

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On 18 August 2017, a 22-year-old Moroccan rejected asylum seeker, Abderrahman Bouanane, stabbed two women to death and wounded eight others in Turku, Finland. Police detained him after the attack; a June 2018 trial found him guilty of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent, sentencing him to life imprisonment.