Finnish gunman kills five and himself

A GUNMAN clad in black went on a shooting rampage yesterday, slaying four workers at a suburban shopping mall near Helsinki before turning his gun on himself, police said.

Finnish police said one woman and three men were shot dead at the Sello shopping mall in Espoo, 10 kilometers west of Helsinki. All four were mall employees.

The gunman was identified as 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli, an immigrant who had been living for several years in Finland, police superintendent Jukka Kaski said at a news conference.