A GUNMAN who took hostages at the Estonian defence ministry killed himself, and the two hostages escaped unharmed as police intervened yesterday, a police spokesman said.

There has been a shooting inside the Estonian Defence Ministry in central Tallinn today, according to officials.

Estonia’s centre-right government is poised to stay in power for a second term after winning a clear parliamentary majority in the Baltic country’s first election as a eurozone member, preliminary results showed.