iskuryhmän
Iskuryhmä, in Finnish, translates roughly as a “strike group.” In Finnish security discourse, iskuryhmä refers to a highly trained unit tasked with high-risk or time-sensitive operations. It is not a fixed unit name in itself but a description of function; depending on context the term can refer to a police special operations unit, a military assault element, or a joint task force within various agencies. The core mandate is to plan and execute precision interventions where ordinary patrol or routine procedures would be inadequate, such as hostage rescues, counter-terrorism operations, urban raids, or the execution of warrants in armed confrontations.
Operations are conducted under legal authority appropriate to the agency, with close coordination with other units,
Due to the sensitive nature of their work, many details are classified or publicly summarized only after