Safety|The police perform a security-related task in the territory of the Russian embassy at the request of the embassy.
With the police an inspection is currently underway in the area of the Russian embassy, the police informed on Thursday evening.
According to the two eyewitnesses interviewed by HS, there are a dozen policemen in the mission area who are clearly looking for something. Eyewitnesses had seen the police carefully inspecting, for example, the embassy’s yard, corners and corners with flashlights.
The inspection is carried out at the request of the Russian Embassy. It is related to the security of the area, the police informed on Thursday. The task has started around 17:30.
With the consent of the sending state, the police can investigate a suspected crime or an incident that endangers security that occurred in the territory of the mission.
The Russian embassy is located on Tehtaankatu in Helsinki.
The Helsinki Police Situation Center does not specify how many police units have been sent to the scene.
The news is updated.
Correction 3.10. 18:40: In the previous version of the news, it was wrongly mentioned that the embassy would be located in Eira. It is located in Ullanlinna.
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