1 killed in Turku residence, suspect held

One person was allegedly killed in a violence inside an apartment in Turku city centre on Monday afternoon, police said in a press release.

The incident took place at Rauhankatu area at about 4:00 p.m.

Responding to an alarm, police and emergency service people rushed to the spot and found the person dead inside the apartment.

Police suspected that the murder occurred as a result of violence.

They conducted search at the locality and arrested one person from another apartment in connection with the suspected murder.

Police, however, did not disclose the identities of the deceased and the suspect but said that they knew each other.

The motive of the murder could not be known as the suspect has not been interrogated till the evening.

Police did not divulge details about the incident at the preliminary stage of the investigation.

Police are investigating into the case as suspected murder.