Shooting near Finland's Capitol: Suspect found dead
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Police have found the body of a gunman who killed five people in a city near the Finnish capital of Helsinki.
Ibrahim Shkupolli shot dead three men and a woman at a shopping centre in Espoo.
Officers also found the body of a woman in a nearby flat.
It is understood she was the 43-year-old killer's partner and worked at the Sello centre.
Police could not say whether she was killed before or after the gun rampage.
Officers later found the gunman's body.
Shkupolli had a criminal record for firearms offences and was thought to have used a 9mm handgun in the attacks.
Emergency services were called to the mall after shots were heard soon after 10am local time.
Reports said a lone gunman dressed in black had walked through the mall randomly firing at shoppers.
The gunfire caused panic among the hundreds of people inside the building, and authorities evacuated the area.
Finland, a nation of 5.3 million, has 1.6 million firearms in private hands and ranks among the top five nations in the world in civilian gun ownership.
In September 2008, a lone gunman killed nine fellow students and a teacher at a vocational college before shooting himself in the western town of Kauhajoki.
Police have found the body of a gunman who killed five people in a city near the Finnish capital of Helsinki.
Ibrahim Shkupolli shot dead three men and a woman at a shopping centre in Espoo.
Officers also found the body of a woman in a nearby flat.
It is understood she was the 43-year-old killer's partner and worked at the Sello centre.
Police could not say whether she was killed before or after the gun rampage.
Officers later found the gunman's body.
Shkupolli had a criminal record for firearms offences and was thought to have used a 9mm handgun in the attacks.
Emergency services were called to the mall after shots were heard soon after 10am local time.
Reports said a lone gunman dressed in black had walked through the mall randomly firing at shoppers.
The gunfire caused panic among the hundreds of people inside the building, and authorities evacuated the area.
Finland, a nation of 5.3 million, has 1.6 million firearms in private hands and ranks among the top five nations in the world in civilian gun ownership.
In September 2008, a lone gunman killed nine fellow students and a teacher at a vocational college before shooting himself in the western town of Kauhajoki.
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