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Lone Gunman Kills 3 Women In Finnish Town<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lone Gunman Kills 3 Women In Finnish Town:-<\/strong> A lone gunman shot dead three women, a local official and two journalists, in an attack in a small town in Finland, a country with one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police said on Sunday they believed the 23-year-old suspect, who was swiftly arrested after the night-time shooting on Saturday, acted alone and initial indications were that there was no political or extremist motive.<\/span><\/p>\n

The attack took place as the women were leaving a restaurant in the southeastern lakeside town of Imatra near the Russian border, and police said they may have been targeted at random.<\/span><\/p>\n

Investigators identified the victims as the head of the municipal council and two local reporters for the Uutisvuoksi newspaper, the STT news agency said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A police statement said the women had died at the scene after being shot at close range, sustaining gunshot wounds to the head or torso.<\/span><\/p>\n

The suspect, a local man, did not put up any resistance to his arrest and the weapon was found in the boot of his car.<\/span><\/p>\n

The gun belonged to an unidentified person who had a hunting licence, police said, indicating that the inquiry would seek to establish how it was in the suspect’s possession.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finland enjoys relatively low crime rates compared to other European nations but, with many Finns keen hunters, it has one of the biggest gun ownership rates in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Town In Shock<\/span><\/p>\n

The violence shocked Imatra, a small town of 27,500 people in southeastern Finland which lies just a few kilometres (miles) from the Russian border.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside the restaurant where the shooting took place several makeshift memorials were set up with dozens of candles and other items including a rag doll in a woolly hat.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a posting on its website, the town council said it had set up a counselling facility for residents affected by the bloodshed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The suspect, who already has a record for violence, was interrogated by police on Sunday but his motive remained unclear.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Nothing demonstrates that he came (specifically) to kill these three women,” Saku Tielinen, head of the investigation, told a news conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was no initial indication that the triple murder was “linked to political issues or extremism”, police said, adding that they were not looking for any other suspects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imatra mayor Pertti Lintunen confirmed to STT that Tiina Wilen-Jappinen, the local council’s Social-Democrat leader who was in her early 50s, was among the victims.<\/span><\/p>\n

The names of the two journalists, one of whom was of a similar age while the second was in her mid-30s, were not released.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m very shocked. This is incomprehensible and it shouldn’t happen. Something like this is inexplicable,” said Lintunen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finland has seen several deadly shootings over the past decade, all by young men.<\/span><\/p>\n

Figures in the Small Arms Survey, carried out by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, found Finland to be fourth in the civilian gun-ownership ranks, behind the United States, Yemen and Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n

In November 2007, eight people were killed in a high school north of the capital Helsinki by an 18-year-old who later killed himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Less than a year later, a 22-year-old shot and killed 10 people, nine students and a teacher, in a classroom at a cooking school in the western city of Kauhajoki before also committing suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in May 2012, two people were killed and seven more wounded after a shooting near Helsinki by another 18-year-old. The attacker is currently serving life in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:- http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/lone-gunman-kills-3-women-in-finnish-town-1633956<\/span><\/p>\n

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