Finnish police say a stabbing attack that wounded four people outside a mall in Finland isn't believed to be a terror or racist attack.

Four people were stabbed near a shopping centre in Tampere, Finland's third-largest city, on Thursday and one person has been arrested, the police said. Police said in a later statement that the stabbings had not resulted in any fatalities.

The suspect in Thursday's attacks said that he did not know any of the victims and chose them at random. He has a previous record of violent crimes, including an assault conviction in June.