Police in Finland"s southern city of Espoo...

The Ilta-Sanomat newspaper said a man wearing black clothes fired at least seven shots on the second floor of the mall. The incident took place at 10.20 a.m. local time (08:20 GMT).

The gunman, Ibrahim Shkupolli, 43, opened fire in the mall, killing three men and two women, one of whom is believed to be his ex-wife who worked at the Sello Shopping Center. The sixth body was reported to be that of Shkupolli, who committed suicide after the shooting.

Shkupolli"s wife had a restraining order against her ex-husband.

All of the victims were between 45 and 27 years old.

FNB news agency quoted an employee at the shopping center as saying: "The criminal was dressed in a black overcoat, black pants and black hat. He gave the image that he knew what he was doing."

STOCKHOLM/MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti)