Breaking:Government Spokesman Says Security Guards Stop Stabbing Attempt on Finland's Prime Minister

[Lars77]

Source: ABC

Government spokesman says security guards stop stabbing attempt on Finland's prime minister.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/government-spokesman-security-guards-stop-stabbing-attempt-finlands-17534453#.UIVeOYapI5A

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This is just breaking, updates to follow

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyrki_Katainen

[Poll_Blind]

2. Good on the security guards! Fuck circumvention of Democracy by assassination.

PB

[Blue_Tires]

3. 'Attack thwarted' on Finnish PM Jyrki Katainen

Security guards have stopped a man with a knife who apparently tried to attack the Finnish PM, officials say.

They reportedly prevented him from reaching PM Jyrki Katainen as he campaigned for local elections in the south-western city of Turku.

Mr Katainen, 41, was unhurt and later resumed greeting voters ahead of Sunday's polls, his spokesman said.

The spokesman, Kari Mokko, could give no further details on the man who had attempted to reach the prime minister.

A Finnish newspaper photographer who saw the episode said the man fell to his knees with a knife in front of the prime minister, but did not attack him.

"He was trying to get Katainen's attention," the photographer, Robert Seger, was quoted as saying by Associated Press news agency.

The man, who was reportedly behaving in "a confused manner", was taken into police custody, Finnish news agency STT reported.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20031494

[marshall]

4. New recruiting ground for our Embassy/Consulate security?

Finland could be our version of the Swiss Guards.