Finland arrests ‘refugee’ Iraqi twins linked to ISIS massacre in Tikrit


12/11/15 at 10:40 AM

Finnish police have arrested Iraqi twins who are believed to have featured in a video showing a massacre carried out by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). The pair, aged 23, are suspected of killing 11 people in the Iraqi city of Tikrit in June 2014. They returned to Finland in September and were arrested in the southwestern town of Forssa, police said on Friday.

Fear of ISIS members entering Europe pretending to be refugees intensified after the November 13 attacks in Paris, when a Syrian passport was found near the body of one of the suicide bombers. On Thursday, authorities in Geneva raised the city’s alert levels and deployed extra police in the search for “suspicious individuals” believed linked to the Paris attacks.

Like several other European countries—overwhelmed by the number of
refugees reaching the continent—Finland has been trying to deter people
from seeking asylum there.