Suspected crime Police have identified a 15-year-old boy suspected of three robbery attempts at Malmi

Helsinki police requested findings in December of two attempted gross robberies. The suspected crimes took place in Malmi on 7 December. Police also released pictures of the suspect on Friday.

On Saturday, police informedthat it has identified that person.

“The person in the pictures has been reached and she has admitted at interrogation that she is the boy in both pictures. As the boy has been under the age of 15 at the time of the offense and is therefore innocent, the case will not proceed to prosecution. The social authorities have the main responsibility for the boy’s affairs, ”the press release states.

The police department’s youth group says it is grateful for several hints that helped the police track down the right person.

Police Following a press release issued on Friday, the company also received information about a third robbery attempt that took place on the same day and in the same area, Markkinatie.

Police suspect that in previously reported cases, the suspect threatened two people around the age of 70 with a blade gun. The suspect demanded from the parties to take possession of their property without success.

“The plaintiff contacted the police because the characteristics of the suspect in an earlier release fit his case,” said the crime commissioner Marko Forss on Friday.

With the police there were two pictures of the three attempted robberies. They were suspected of representing the same person.

“We suspect the same person in the pictures, even though the clothing is different,” Forss said on Friday.

Corrigendum January 14 at 11:30 a.m .: Title corrected. The man is suspected of attempted robbery, not robbery, as was initially claimed in the title of the story.