The terrorist, who intended to build an explosion in the very center of Helsinki during the New Year holidays in 2018, turned out to be a Latvian.
This is reported by local media.
The day before, in the Finnish capital, the case of a 22-year-old criminal who was planning an attack against “numerous foreigners and Muslims” began to be considered. In the fall of 2018, before being detained, he tested an improvised explosive device, which he made according to the schemes found on the Internet.
The man refuses to admit his guilt, although he admitted that he was really engaged in the manufacture of the bomb. About the plans to use explosives, according to the criminal, he thought only in a state of intoxication.
During the preliminary proceedings, he openly stated that he would like different cultures and religions not to coexist in the same environment. “Europe is for Europeans” – that is how he explained his radical position.