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.

Finnish police said on Friday the person arrested on suspicion of stabbing and injuring four people near a shopping mall in Tampere on Thursday is a 23-year-old Finnish man with a previous criminal history.

Several people were stabbed in a knife attack in Tampere in Finland on Thursday. The incident occurred near a shopping centre, according to the police.