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December 31st, 2009, 09:12 AM
SIX people are confirmed dead after a chilling New Year's Eve shooting in Finland
The gunman, 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli, rampaged through a suburban shopping mall in Finland yesterday, and later shot himself according to Finnish police.
Denmark's TV2 reported Shkupolli had killed his ex-wife in a nearby apartment before then opening fire with a 9mm handgun in the Sello shopping centre in Espoo, west of the capital Helsinki just after 0800GMT.
Police confirmed five people were dead, four of them at the shopping centre.
Several ambulances rushed to the scene in the suburb of Espoo, west of the capital Helsinki, after the shooting erupted at around 10.20am (1920 AEDT) in the Sello shopping centre.
Security services cordoned off the shopping centre and public transport services were rerouted.
Earlier, witnesses told Finland's STT news agency they had seen at least one person lying on the ground following the shooting.
Around six shots were discharged, they said.
One or more people were shot at the Prisma grocery store. At least one employee was seen lying on the floor on the upper level of the centre. A man dressed in black was then seen walking towards the Citymarket grocery shop.
The shopping centre was evacuated and many police vehicles and ambulances were called to the scene.
One eyewitness, Kari Harjula, who was in a check-out queue at Citymarket, told YLE: "I started to hear a lot of shouting from the outer doors of Citymarket and Sello, telling everybody to get out.
"The customers and employees were wondering what was going on.
"Soon some police ran in with riot shields and serious expressions on their faces. They yelled at everybody to get out; that the shopping centre was being evacuated.
"The situation was chaotic; there were a lot of police inside and outside. From a layman's point of view, it looked like a massive operation."
The attacks have led to calls for gun ownership to be limited and much soul-searching among Finland's five million people.Six shots were discharged from about 08:20 GMT in the Sello shopping centre in Espoo, just outside Helsinki.
source: http://www.news.com.au/at-least-three-dead-in-shopping-centre-massacre-in-espoo-finland/story-e6frfkp9-1225815111424
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not a very good end to the year and decade.
well, i hope that there arent any gun massacres in 2010
The gunman, 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli, rampaged through a suburban shopping mall in Finland yesterday, and later shot himself according to Finnish police.
Denmark's TV2 reported Shkupolli had killed his ex-wife in a nearby apartment before then opening fire with a 9mm handgun in the Sello shopping centre in Espoo, west of the capital Helsinki just after 0800GMT.
Police confirmed five people were dead, four of them at the shopping centre.
Several ambulances rushed to the scene in the suburb of Espoo, west of the capital Helsinki, after the shooting erupted at around 10.20am (1920 AEDT) in the Sello shopping centre.
Security services cordoned off the shopping centre and public transport services were rerouted.
Earlier, witnesses told Finland's STT news agency they had seen at least one person lying on the ground following the shooting.
Around six shots were discharged, they said.
One or more people were shot at the Prisma grocery store. At least one employee was seen lying on the floor on the upper level of the centre. A man dressed in black was then seen walking towards the Citymarket grocery shop.
The shopping centre was evacuated and many police vehicles and ambulances were called to the scene.
One eyewitness, Kari Harjula, who was in a check-out queue at Citymarket, told YLE: "I started to hear a lot of shouting from the outer doors of Citymarket and Sello, telling everybody to get out.
"The customers and employees were wondering what was going on.
"Soon some police ran in with riot shields and serious expressions on their faces. They yelled at everybody to get out; that the shopping centre was being evacuated.
"The situation was chaotic; there were a lot of police inside and outside. From a layman's point of view, it looked like a massive operation."
The attacks have led to calls for gun ownership to be limited and much soul-searching among Finland's five million people.Six shots were discharged from about 08:20 GMT in the Sello shopping centre in Espoo, just outside Helsinki.
source: http://www.news.com.au/at-least-three-dead-in-shopping-centre-massacre-in-espoo-finland/story-e6frfkp9-1225815111424
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not a very good end to the year and decade.
well, i hope that there arent any gun massacres in 2010