The president of the Municipal Council of the City Imatra, Finland, which lies near the border with Russia, and two women journalists in the region were killed by bullets while coming out of a restaurant last night, the police, another incident of violence today announced that reveals the problem of gun in the country.
One of the victims was TUNEL-Giapinen Wielen, president of the Municipal Council of Imatra, a city of SE Finland, numbering 27,500 residents.
The three women were shot and fell dead by a man with a rifle in front of a restaurant around midnight while after coming out of dinner.
The city's mayor Pertii Lintounen confirmed the agency STT that the social democratic Wielen-Giapinen was born in 1963, and as noted by the AFP (AFP) the identity of the other two victims have not been released, only the date of birth -1964 and 1980.
The perpetrator shot in the head and chest and, according to the police statement, women died on the spot in their injuries.
The perpetrator was arrested immediately after the operation without resist and in accordance with the Police Department Southeast Finland is a 23 years, who had previously been convicted for violence, but the motive remains unknown. The crime weapon was found in the trunk of his car.
It appears from the evidence so far the offender had no accomplices. "At present, it appears that the victims were chosen at random," he said at a press conference the inspector Bag Tielinen than for political reasons.
The gun belonged to someone else, who had a firearms license. The authorities now need to ascertain how the possession of the offender.
The Finns are hunting enthusiasts and are among the largest holders of arms in the world. As revealed by the survey entitled "Small Arms Survey" of the Institute of Higher International Studies and Development Studies in Geneva, the Finns are fourth on the global list after gun Americans, the Yemeni and Swiss.
