News of the day from across the globe, Aug. 18

1 Finland stabbings: A man stabbed eight people Friday in the western city of Turku, killing two of them, before police shot him in the thigh and detained him, officials said. A suspect — who police said was “a youngish man with a foreign background” — was being treated in the city’s main hospital but was in police custody. Security was increased across the Nordic country, said Interior Minister Paula Risikko. Police said the man is likely to have acted alone though it was not possible to completely rule out that other people were involved. Finland’s top police chief said it was too early to link the attack to international terrorism.