The 23-year-old suspect, a Finnish man, admitted to the Thursday violence and mentioned he didn’t know the victims and didn’t select them for any specific motive, police added.
There was “no motive to suspect that the act was motivated by terrorism or racism”, mentioned police, noting the person had a report of violent crime.
The suspect instructed investigators that “all people are enemies” and that “everyone seems to be stalking him”, Detective Chief Inspector Sakari Tuominen instructed reporters on Friday.
The suspect additionally mentioned that “individuals get what they ask for” and that “he wished to finish his personal struggling with this act”.
“The motive shall be clarified in the course of the preliminary investigation by interviews,” Tuominen mentioned.
Police had been alerted to the stabbing outdoors a procuring centre in central Tampere at 4.23pm (9.23pm, Singapore time) on Thursday.
The victims obtained first support on the scene and had been now receiving hospital take care of “extreme accidents”, in response to police, although not one of the victims had life-threatening accidents.