Rooftop gunman kills one, wounds 8 in Finland


HELSINKI (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre in the early hours of Saturday, killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding eight other people, police said.

An 18-year-old man wearing camouflage clothing was detained several hours after the shooting outside bars and restaurants in Hyvinkaa, a small town 56 km (34 miles) north of the capital Helsinki, just before 2 a.m. (11.00 p.m. British time).

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