Police shoot knife-wielding man in fatal Espoo incident

A police patrol fatally shot a man in Espoo’s Niittykumpu district early Saturday after he advanced toward officers with a knife. The Western Uusimaa Police Department said the incident began at 2.49am when officers were dispatched to a residential address following a report of a suicidal person. The confrontation took place in the stairwell of an apartment building on Rälssitilankuja. According to the police, the man behaved in a threatening manner and refused to obey commands.