The terrorism investigation linked to the extreme right, the crime title has been, among other things, training to commit a terrorist crime.
According to Helsingin Sanomat, ON THURSDAY, THE POLICE announced new information about their terrorism investigations related to far-right ideology. The police suspect that four Finnish men have formed a radicalized far-right group. They are suspected of manufacturing FGC-9 submachine guns mainly by 3d printing.
The police seized, among other things, four submachine guns from the suspects. PHOTO: POLICE
According to the police, the anti-immigration group has prepared for violent acts. Among other things, the men are suspected of being armed and of planning attacks on persons and objects supporting the ideology of the other party.
According to the police, the suspects have also been in contact with other extreme right-wing actors, e.g. at extreme right-wing music events and on discussion forums such as Ylilauda and Telegram.
Helsingin Sanomat reported that, Tuomas Kuure, crime commissioner of the Häme police , says that at least two named political decision-makers were mentioned as possible targets of the attack, one of whom has worked at the national level and the other at the local level. It is suspected that the men also collected contact information from other persons and associations.
A weapon seized by the police during the preliminary investigation. PHOTO: CENTRAL CRIMINAL POLICE
According to Kuure, it is suspected that the political actors targeted by men were mainly representatives of the left. “According to the police’s understanding, the targets of the planned violent attacks were selected as targets based on their skin color, political or other ideological views. In addition to the personal targets, the suspects have planned attacks on different parts of the infrastructure in their conversations, including the electricity network and rail traffic.
The persons are suspected to have been specially trained in 3D weapon technology and prepared to commit a terrorist act with weapons,” says Kuure.
The police revealed that the suspects had various discussions about which attacks they could carry out and which attacks should be carried out. However, no detailed plan of the attack, which was to be carried out at a certain time, has been found from the suspects.
