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Finnish police detain six Iraqis at refugee center

Xinhua, January 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Finnish police detained six Iraqi men on Thursday on the grounds of preventing a crime.

The men were arrested at a refugee center in Kirkkonummi, a municipality west of Helsinki.

The police said the men were suspected of inciting criminal behavior. No further details were given but the police said the crime that was prevented was not of terrorism nature.

The suspects arrived in Finland during the autumn. Enditem