Myyrmanni bombing

When

2002

Kind

Terrorist attack

Coordinates

60.26° N, 24.85° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Myyrmanni bombing.

Myyrmanni Bombing: On 11 October 2002, a bomb exploded at the Myyrmanni shopping centre in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The attack killed seven people and injured around 159 others, including children.

2002 bombing in Myyrmäki, Finland

The Myyrmanni bombing took place on October 11, 2002, in Myyrmäki, Vantaa, Finland, in Greater Helsinki, at the Myyrmanni shopping mall. A bomb hidden in a backpack exploded in the center of the mall, killing seven people including the bomber. The blast left a 10-cm deep crater in the floor and blew out the glass dome of the mall. The dead included two teenagers and a seven-year-old.

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