Moroccan who admitted killing two in Finland knife attack was refused asylum

Reuters are reporting:

'A teenage Moroccan asylum seeker who admitted on Tuesday that he had killed two women and injured eight other people in a knife attack in the Finnish town of Turku had had his application for asylum rejected before the attack, authorities said.'

More here http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-finland-stabbing-suspects-idUKKCN1B20NU?il=0 but obviously not on the BBC.