World | Jyrki Katainen Knife-Wielding Man Tries to Attack Finnish PM Police restrain him before he can harm Jyrki Katainen By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Oct 22, 2012 2:20 PM CDT Copied In this April 16, 2011 file photo, Jyrki Katainen, center, chairman of The National Coalition Party canvasses during the party's election campaign in downtown Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Sari Gustafsson, File) Security guards stopped a knife-wielding man from stabbing Finland's prime minister while he was campaigning for municipal elections, a government spokesman said today. The man was stopped before he was able to reach Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen. The attempted attack occurred in the southwestern city of Turku, where Katainen was campaigning ahead of Sunday's municipal elections. The prime minister was not hurt. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. Now we know why Ghislaine Maxwell may have opened up to the DOJ. Report an error