A British man was stabbed four times in the Finland terror attack as he tried to help save women from a knife-wielding attacker who killed two of them.

The attacker stabbed two Finnish women to death and injured eight more in a market place in the city of Turku, 90 miles west of the capital, Helsinki, on Friday, as British paramedic, Hassan Zubier, tried to save them.

Mr Zubier, 45, was stabbed four times as he tried to protect one of the victims who died in his arms.

Police shot and wounded the 18-year-old attacker in the leg and arrested him just minutes after the stabbing in the busy market square.

The police say the Moroccan man specifically targeted women and it was the intervention of Mr Zubier, from Dartford, and one other that helped to save lives before the suspect was apprehended.