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Finnish Mall Shooter Believed Dead

Ibrahim Shkupolli may have also killed his ex; toll stands at 6

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 31, 2009 4:40 AM CST | Updated Dec 31, 2009 8:41 AM CST

(Newser) – The gunman who shot four shoppers at a Finnish mall today has been identified as Ibrahim Shkupolli, and two more bodies—believed to be that of Shkupolli and his ex-girlfriend—have been found. Police say Shkupolli, a 43-year-old immigrant, killed his ex in a nearby apartment before going to the mall in Espoo, Finland’s second largest city, where she worked. He appeared to target victims at random, AP reports.

One woman and three men were killed at the mall, located six miles away from Helsinki. The mall was evacuated as a manhunt went on for several hours before a body, believed to be that of Shkupolli, was found in his apartment. The fifth victim—called Shkupolli’s ex-wife by the Telegraph—had a restraining order against Shkupolli.

This image made available Dec. 31, 2009 on the website of Finland's Police shows the suspected gunman in Finland's New Year Eve holiday shooting at a mall in a suburb of the capital Helsinki, Finland.
This image made available Dec. 31, 2009 on the website of Finland's Police shows the suspected gunman in Finland's New Year Eve holiday shooting at a mall in a suburb of the capital Helsinki, Finland.   (AP Photo/Finland Police, HO)
Sello shopping center is evacuated in Espoo, Finland on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 after a gunman opened fire at a shopping mall in a suburb of the capital Helsinki, killing four.
Sello shopping center is evacuated in Espoo, Finland on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 after a gunman opened fire at a shopping mall in a suburb of the capital Helsinki, killing four.   (AP Photo/Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen)
A police officer guards an entrance to the  Sello shopping center in Espoo, Finland on Dec. 31, 2009 after a gunman opened fire at the mall in a suburb of the capital Helsinki, killing at least  four.
A police officer guards an entrance to the Sello shopping center in Espoo, Finland on Dec. 31, 2009 after a gunman opened fire at the mall in a suburb of the capital Helsinki, killing at least four.   (AP Photo/Martti Kainulainen, Lehtikuva)
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COMMENTS
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Nwambe
Jan 1, 2010 7:00 AM CST
Uh... He was actually a Christian.
Riffran
Jan 1, 2010 5:30 AM CST
I am sure by the time this thread is over it will be the fault of Bush Cheney Rove and Beck, and the NRA...
Newt
Dec 31, 2009 11:51 AM CST
lol *facepalms*
 

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