Finnish PM says suspected break-ins at MPs’ homes could be work of foreign power

Petteri Orpo said Russia had sought to influence elections in several European countries. Photograph: Kaisa Siren/EPA

The Finnish prime minister, Petteri Orpo, has said a foreign power could be responsible for a series of suspected break-ins at the homes of several members of parliament.

Police said on Thursday they were investigating multiple reports of MPs’ homes being broken into in the Helsinki area in the last year in which nothing was stolen but subtle signs of breaking and entering were left.