Mr Katainen’ security chief Timo Harkonen told broadcaster YLE that the prime minister’s bodyguards ’prevented [the incident] from becoming a dangerous situation’
But Robert Seger, a photographer with a Finnish newspaper who witnessed the incident, said the man dropped to his knees before the prime minister holding a knife but did not attack him.
’He was trying to get Katainen’s attention,’ Mr Seger said.
According to Finland’s new agency STT a man is in custody over the incident.
Finland: Knife attack upon prime minister Jyrki Katainen prevented
22 October 2012 19:55 (UTC +04:00)
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