About €24,000 was transferred from the early childhood education student association ITU ry’s bank account to a student’s account; the woman has been convicted and ordered to pay compensation.
Police say investigations into assaults on Hämeenkatu during May Day demonstrations are continuing, while a separate Tuomiokirkonkatu inquiry has been suspended pending identification of suspects.
Prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into an August 12 video in Villilä that appears to show a police officer pointing a firearm at a civilian.
A vacant detached house on Järvensivuntie in Tampere’s Järvensivu district was heavily damaged by a fire that began around 5 p.m. Wednesday; police are investigating and one person was taken into custody.
A 32-year-old woman has been ordered held on suspicion of attempted murder after an incident at an Armonkallio apartment on July 23; police say a bladed weapon was likely used and the victim’s injuries were not life-threatening.
A Tampere court sentenced 24-year-old Anni Eliisa Piesk to five years in prison for deliberately setting a fire in a first-floor studio on Kullervonkatu in Tammela last September, a blaze that forced 43 residents to evacuate.
Police have recorded 964 vandalism crimes in Tampere so far this year as residents report dog faeces in mailboxes, urine in stairwells and repeated attacks on vehicles, leaving neighbourhoods frustrated and property owners facing repair bills.
Police now consider a man seen following women in Hervanta woods a prime suspect in the 2011 killing of 42-year-old Yuqing Yin.
A fare-dodger on a Tampere tram gave an inspector another person's details, leaving the innocent third party with a ruined credit record after the penalty fare was sent to debt collection.
Ville‑Valtteri Johannes Väänänen, convicted of stabbing four strangers outside the Ratina shopping centre in early July 2025, has filed a notice of dissatisfaction with his nine‑and‑a‑half‑year sentence.
Lightning struck the Tampere Orthodox Church during Saturday celebrations, starting a fire in the building’s highest tower; the blaze remained confined to the tower and no injuries have been reported.
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Two small brush fires suspected to be arson burned only a few square metres in Tahmela near Pyynikki on Tuesday; crews extinguished both quickly and investigators suspect deliberate ignition.
Two elderly women were removed from IC26 at Tampere after refusing to move from the Extra Rento carriage and confronting train staff.
Police warn online ticket scams remain common this summer, with buyers receiving used or invalid festival tickets and losses ranging from €5 to several hundred.
Police warn that civilians staging online stings by posing as minors can destroy evidence and hinder investigations, and urge anyone who finds suspicious material to preserve it and hand it to the police.
A young Tampere man has been remanded on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in Ylöjärvi; police say he admitted the attack and the bladed weapon is in police custody.
A year after the Ratina mass stabbing, victims and the city still struggle with anxiety and uncertainty, and one victim says she continues to recover physically and psychologically.
The National Bureau of Investigation is investigating deliberate cable cuts that halted train traffic in Ylöjärvi on June 19 and disrupted telecoms in Malmi on June 26.
YLE reports parents say Tampere Steiner School downplayed years of bullying and physical violence, prompting police inquiries and legal complaints.
A repeat drunk driver was arrested for the fifth time within a year during Midsummer traffic controls in Central Finland.