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Today in History: Bomb blast kills seven, injures 159 in Helsinki

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 10:35 AM UTC · How we work

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On October 11 2002, a bomb hidden in a backpack detonated in the Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Greater Helsinki. The blast killed seven people—including the bomber, two teenagers and a seven-year-old—and injured 159, ten children, while shattering the mall’s glass dome and leaving a 10-cm crater.

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On October 11 2002, a bomb hidden in a backpack detonated in the Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Greater Helsinki. The blast killed seven people—including the bomber, two teenagers and a seven-year-old—and injured 159, ten children, while shattering the mall’s glass dome and leaving a 10-cm crater.