Helsinki police looking into HSL ticket racism row

A teenager's family wants HSL to explain why their son was the only one handcuffed over an invalid metro ticket.

July 15, 2020

Police are looking into a racism-related row over how Helsinki Regional Transport (HSL) officials handled the case of two young men who did not have valid tickets for boarding the Helsinki metro, according to Helsinki police Chief Inspector Juha Hakola.

Hakola told Yle News that police are currently reviewing the case to see whether any criminal activity requiring a formal investigation had been committed during the incident that took place on 4 July.

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