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Gunman on the run after killing at least 4 in Finnish shopping center

CNN 12/30/2009 21:50
The gunman has been named as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli by Finnish state broadcaster

The gunman has been named as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli by Finnish state broadcaster


Police in Finland are searching for a 43-year-old man who is believed to have killed at least four people at a shopping center near the Finnish capital Helsinki.



Finnish police confirmed the shooting happened at 10:08 a.m. (3:08 a.m. ET), leaving three men and one woman dead.

CNN affiliate MTV3 and state broadcaster YLE reported that five people were killed. YLE said the fifth victim was found at an apartment in Espoo; MTV3 said that victim was a woman.

Police named 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli as the suspect in the shooting, saying he was considered armed and dangerous and still at large. Shkupolli has lived in Finland "for some time," police said.




The shooting happened at the Sello shopping center in the town of Espoo, just to the west of Helsinki, witnesses said.

The mall was busy with shoppers when the gunman started shooting at a grocery store inside the mall, said Mika Pettersson, editor-in-chief of Finnish news agency STT.


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