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Helsinki: Three women - a local politician and two journalists - were shot dead with a rifle in front of a restaurant in the small Finnish town of Imatra near the Russian border, police said on Sunday, local time.
One of the women was the chair of the town council and the two others were local reporters. Tiina Wilen-Jappinen was member of the Social Democrats.
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Three women have been shot dead outside a restaurant in the small Finnish town of Imatra.
Police in the town of 28,000, said a 23-year-old local man with a record of violent crime was detained at the scene but the motive for the killings remained unclear.
"At the moment, it looks like the victims were chosen at random," Detective Inspector Saku Tielinen told a news conference.
"The shooter gave himself up calmly," head of the investigation Saku Tielinen told reporters.
The gun used was a licensed hunting rifle but was not owned by the suspect, police said. About four to five shots were fired. The victims were hit in the head and torso.
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Tielinen said the suspect has not said much since his arrest and a formal interview was pending.The suspect did not have traces of alcohol in his blood, but tests for other substances were pending.
After firing the shots, the man returned to his car parked near the restaurant.
The scene in Imatra, a small town in south-east Finland, where police say a gunman killed a town councillor and two journalists in an apparently random attack. Photo: AP
After police lifted the cordons, a few candles were placed outside the restaurant. Some blood stains were also visible in the snow.
Finland has a strong tradition of hunting among its 5.5 million people. Firearms laws have been tightened after past shootings.