Police have completed forensic investigations at the scenes of five murders and a suicide in Espoo on Thursday. However, interviews with eyewitnesses and Prisma store employees continue.
Police have confirmed that the gunman, Ibrahim Skhupolli, had repeatedly threatened his ex-girlfriend before stabbing her to death and shooting four others on Thursday. No new information about the motives of the killer has come to light. Police have, though, further confirmation that Shkupolli had stalked and threatened his ex-girlfriend for some time before the killings.
"The suspect was placed under a restraining order last April, so it's been a matter of months," points out Chief Inspector Tero Haapala of the National Bureau of Investigation. "However, there is evidence of stalking and harassment well before April. This was a long-term problem, one going back years."
Haapala confirmed to YLE that the ex-girlfriend that Shkupolli stabbed to death on Thuesday was seen in his company only a few days before the killing. Police have heard from several witnesses that two were seen together shopping.
Finnish investigators have been in communication with officials in the former Yugoslav republics about Ibrahim Shkupolli, who was an Albanian Kosovar. No new relevant information has come to light, nor have rumours been confirmed that Shkupolli had a military background.
Police are still seeking contact with people who knew Shkupolli, and have requested calls to the NBI at 071 878 6891 between 9 AM and 9 PM daily or by email to tiedotus.krp@poliisi.fi.
The S-Group, which owns and operates the Prisma store where four employees were killed has scheduled two minutes of silence at all its shops and stores for noon on Monday. Customers are also being asked to participate.
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