(CNN) -- 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.
"People saw a gunman, calm, walking out of the grocery store after shooting," he said. "People first thought it was fireworks that had been exploding, but after they realized what had happened, there was a panic."
State broadcaster YLE said the gunman used a 9mm handgun.
Initial reports that the gunman was still inside the mall were now unconfirmed, Pettersson said, and the gunman's whereabouts were unclear.
There are rumors that the gunman was motivated by jealousy because of a relationship, reporter Pout Anan, from CNN affiliate MTV3, told CNN. Police did not immediately confirm a motive.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/31/finland.shooting.shopping.mall/index.html
The police is having a press conference at this very moment.
The police just announced the 6th victim has been found and it could be the suspect himself, but it is not confirmed yet.
They aren't sure about the motives yet, but it's believed the shooting has something to do with the 5th victim, a woman who was found from the apartment and was suspect's ex-girlfriend.
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.
"People saw a gunman, calm, walking out of the grocery store after shooting," he said. "People first thought it was fireworks that had been exploding, but after they realized what had happened, there was a panic."
State broadcaster YLE said the gunman used a 9mm handgun.
Initial reports that the gunman was still inside the mall were now unconfirmed, Pettersson said, and the gunman's whereabouts were unclear.
There are rumors that the gunman was motivated by jealousy because of a relationship, reporter Pout Anan, from CNN affiliate MTV3, told CNN. Police did not immediately confirm a motive.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/31/finland.shooting.shopping.mall/index.html
The police is having a press conference at this very moment.
The police just announced the 6th victim has been found and it could be the suspect himself, but it is not confirmed yet.
They aren't sure about the motives yet, but it's believed the shooting has something to do with the 5th victim, a woman who was found from the apartment and was suspect's ex-girlfriend.
