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| A sniper has shot dead a local mayor and two journalists outside a restaurant in Imatra, a small Finnish town near the Russian border. | |
| Police confirmed a 23-year-old local man has been detained following what is thought to be a random attack. | |
| The victims, who were all women, were gunned down late on Saturday at around midnight, police spokesperson Heli Jamsen-Turkki said. | |
| Two of those killed were in their early 50s and one was in her 30s, she said. | |
| She added that the gunman did not resist arrest and the motive for the attack is not yet known. | |
| Among the victims, who were shot in the head and torso, was city council head Tiina Wilén-Jäppinen. | |
| Imatra has around 28,000 residents and lies around 230 kilometers (140 miles) east of Finnish capital Helsinki. | |
| Authorities have opened a crisis centre to deal with the aftermath of the attack, which occurred in the middle of a busy nightclub neighbourhood. | |
| This is a breaking news story. More follows... |