Aarne Kallio-Kokko

Aarne Kallio-Kokko

Syntymäaika: 21.8.1932

Kuolinaika: 21.6.1963

Location / Place: Helsinki

Rank: Junior Constable

Police unit: Helsinki Police Department

Lähteitä: Poliisimies 13-14/1963; -Helsingin Sanomat 24.06.1963 No. 167 p. 5 and 8.

Tapahtumien kuvaus: Construction worker Erik Johannes Laaksonen was threatening passers-by with a knife on the street Lapinlahdenkatu. Laaksonen had escaped from a hospital in Nikkilä, where he had been admitted due to a mental disorder. When the police arrived, Laaksonen entered the flat he was staying in, and the police followed. A struggle ensued, and Laaksonen stabbed Junior Constable Kallio-Kokko. Kallio-Kokko’s partner Toivo Vastapuu managed to wrestle away the knife from Laaksonen. Vastapuu then turned to Kallio-Kokko to see how he was doing, but at that moment Laaksonen took out another knife and attacked again. Laaksonen then managed to get away, but a radio police unit caught him on Itämerenkatu. Kallio-Kokko was immediately taken to the nearby Maria Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Tekijä 1: Laaksonen, Erik Johannes

Memorial plaque: Police University College, Helsinki Police Department