A woman in her 80s died after she was stabbed in broad daylight at the Metro station in Helsinki's Kontula district last month.Police at the scene of the stabbing in July. Image: Toni Määttä / YleYle News11:16Helsinki District Court has ordered the suspect in the fatal stabbing of a woman in her 80s near the Kontula Metro station in Eastern Helsinki last month to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.The defendant is suspected of stabbing the woman just after 11am on Saturday 18 July outside the station's C entrance. According to police, he then fled the scene by Metro to Mellunmäki, where he was apprehended.The woman died at the scene.The 66-year-old suspect has been charged with manslaughter.According to police, he confessed to killing the woman during an interrogation. The victim and the suspect did not know each other, and police believe she was chosen at random.The incident was also captured by CCTV cameras at the station, and there were a number of eyewitnesses.The purpose of the psychiatric evaluation is to determine the suspect's criminal responsibility at the time of the offence.
Court orders Metro stabbing suspect to undergo psychiatric evaluation
A woman in her 80s died after she was stabbed in broad daylight at the Metro station in Helsinki's Kontula district last month.
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