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Politician and two journalists killed in Finnish shooting

The suspect is being interrogated, but investigators say the motive is unclear.

A GUNMAN SHOT dead three women, including a council leader, as they were leaving a restaurant in a small Finnish town last night, according to police.

Investigators cited by the SST news agency today said the municipal council head and two local journalists were killed in the town of Imatra by a man armed with a shotgun who was later arrested.

The suspect is being interrogated but the motive for the attack remains unclear, the investigators told a press conference.

Imatra is a small lakeside town in southeastern Finland, just a few kilometres from the Russian border.

- © AFP 2016

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