Finland shooting: three women killed outside Imatra restaurant

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

A mayor and two journalists have been shot dead by a gunman in the town of Imatra in south-east Finland.

The three women were shot in the head and chest by a sniper who opened fire on a pedestrian area in the nightlife district just before midnight on Saturday.

Police confirmed that a 23-year-old man had been taken into custody after Imatra city council chair, Tiina Wilen-Jappinen, and the two reporters were killed outside a restaurant in what appears to be a random shooting. They said he obeyed orders and did not resist arrest.

Police said that the victims, two in their 50s and one in her mid-30s, had sustained multiple gunshot wounds from a hunting rifle and that no motive had been established for the attack.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/04/three-women-shot-dead-outside-restaurant-finland

[yagotme]

1. At least he's been caught,

and not still running around shooting at more people.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Apparently he just waited to be arrested after shooting them

The man is believed to have selected his victims at random and is tentatively suspected of three counts of murder due to the apparently premeditated nature of the homicides.

“(The suspect) surely didn't come to central Imatra in the middle of the night with a rifle-like firearm by chance,” Saku Tielinen, the detective chief inspector in charge of the pre-trial investigation, explained according to Helsingin Sanomat.

The first police officers arrived at what in the press release is described as a chaotic scene outside the restaurant shortly after midnight, after the emergency call centre had received a report of a person carrying a firearm-like object. Bystanders then pointed out the suspected gunman, who was standing behind a car parked in front of the restaurant, to the arriving officers.

The hunting rifle used to carry out the shooting was found in the boot of the car. The firearm was licensed but how it ended up in the possession of the suspect remains unknown, according to the press release.

http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/14392-23-year-old-man-suspected-of-murdering-three-women-in-imatra.html

Very strange.

[yagotme]

5. Hmmmm

Sounds like an execution, not a "random" event.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Finnish gunman likely mentally ill: police

A Finnish man held after the shooting dead of three women with a hunting rifle was likely mentally ill and had no political or ideological motives, Southeastern Finland Police Department said on Monday.
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The police said that while the suspect - a 23-year-old local man with a criminal record - had not given a motive, preliminary investigations supported the view the man had chosen his victims at random.

"At the moment, the police believes it is likely that the reasons behind the incident were mainly related to becoming marginalized, as well as mental health," it said in a statement.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-shooting-suspect-idUSKBN13U1KM

[samir.g]

2. Trump had emboldened the nuts worldwide

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. My heart breaks

for this beautiful and peaceful country where I spent a summer in my youth.