Sello mall shooting

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Sello mall shooting
Spree shooting, murder–suicide
, mass shooting
Weapons
Deaths6 (including the perpetrator)[1]
PerpetratorIbrahim Shkupolli[1]

The Sello mall shooting occurred on the morning of 31 December 2009 shortly after 10:08 local time[2] at the Prisma hypermarket in Sello mall, located in the Leppävaara district of Espoo, Finland.[3] Ibrahim Shkupolli, who was born in Yugoslavia but had lived in Finland for many years, shot three men and one woman who all worked at Prisma. Before the shooting, he had killed his ex-girlfriend at her home. After the shooting, Shkupolli left the mall and killed himself in his own apartment.

The Sello mall, which opened in 2003, is the largest in the Nordic region with over 170 stores. On the day of the shooting the mall contained between two and three thousand customers.[4] Witnesses described the gunman as calm when walking out of the grocery store in the mall immediately after the shooting.[5]

Shooting

Interior of the Sello shopping centre in September 2005.

The shooting began when the gunman entered the

Kosovar Albanian
Ibrahim Shkupolli, was seen walking into another shop where he disappeared, sparking a major manhunt which involved police helicopters.

Later that day, Shkupolli was found dead in an apartment in Kirstinmäki, Espoo, in an apparent suicide.[7] His apartment was completely empty except for a mattress, a framed photo of his ex-girlfriend, 14 fully loaded magazines for his gun, and a bag containing additional 273 cartridges. According to a neighbour who heard the gunshot, Shkupolli had shot himself at 11:13.[8] The Finnish police evacuated and cordoned off the shopping centre, and blocked off a nearby railway station. Emergency services arrived on the scene including dozens of ambulances and several fire engines.

The

cervical spine. The apartment had no signs of struggle.[10]

Shooter

Ibrahim Shkupolli

Ibrahim Shkupolli (1966 – 31 December 2009) was born in Mitrovica, Kosovo, worked as a grocer,[11][12] and had resided illegally in Finland since 1990.[13] He entered Finland through Norway in 1990. Shkupolli worked in a warehousing company that delivered to the Prisma supermarket chain.

Shkupolli had been married to a

narcotics. He was also under investigation for being involved in a human trafficking ring that organises illegal immigration from the Balkans to Finland.[17]

These and other offenses including unlawful threats and traffic violations had led the Finnish Immigration Service to reject his application for Finnish citizenship.[18] His motives may have been a mixture of a grudge with his former employer Prisma, and the fact that he believed that his girlfriend had started a new relationship with a Prisma employee after breaking up with Shkupolli.[6][15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Marius Turula and Jari Tanner (2009-12-31). "Gunman kills 5, then self, in Finland". The Hays Daily News. Retrieved 2010-01-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ www.poliisi.fi Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine Finnish Police Website; December 31, 2009; Retrieved January 3, 2010
  3. ^ a b "Shooting at shopping mall in Espoo, Finland". BBC News. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  4. France24. 2009-12-31. Archived from the original
    on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  5. ^ Soraya Roberts (2009-12-31). "Alleged gunman Ibrahim Shkupolli dead after 4 shot at Sello shopping mall in Espoo". New York: NY Daily News. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  6. ^ a b c d Roger Boyes (2009-12-31). "Shopping centre gunman Ibrahim Shkupolli found dead after killing five". London: Times Online. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  7. ^ "Poliisi: Kuudes uhri on ampujaksi epäilty". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  8. ^ "MTVuutiset.fi". mtvuutiset.fi. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Sellon joukkosurmaajan ase oli varastettu Norjasta". Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Sello-tutkinta: Karhuryhmä löysi kuolleen naisystävän". Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  11. ^ Nebi Qena (2009-12-31). "Gunman Kills 5 in Mall in Finland". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  12. ^ Brett Young. Terhi Kinnunen (2009-12-31). "Gunman kills five then himself in Finland". The Gazette. Retrieved 2009-12-31. [dead link]
  13. ^ Lepperød, Trond. "Her er gjerningsmannen". Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Tog sitt liv efter dödsskjutningen". svenska.yle.fi. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  15. ^ a b c d "Profile: Finland gunman". BBC News. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  16. ^ "Viisi kuoli ammuskelussa Espoossa – poliisi etsii tekijää". YLE (in Finnish). Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  17. ^ "Uutiset - Ilta-Sanomat". Ilta-Sanomat. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Espoo shooting: why was Ibrahim Shkupolli not deported?". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

External links

Shooting in Finnish mall leaves four dead at Wikinews Media related to Sello mall shooting at Wikimedia Commons

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