Gunman Kills 5, Then Self, In Finland (ap)

This image made available Thursday Dec. 31, 2009 on the website of Finland's Police shows the suspected gunman in Finland's New Year Eve holiday shooting at a shopping mall in a suburb of the capital Helsinki, Finland, killing at least four. Police identify the gunman as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli, who apparently killed his ex-wife in a nearby apartment before going on a rampage at the mall. (AP Photo/Finland Police, HO)AP – A lone gunman dressed in black killed five people, four in a crowded shopping mall, before returning home and taking his own life on Thursday. It was the third such massacre in Finland in about two years, and once again raised questions about gun control in a Nordic country where hunting is popular.

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