HELSINKI (AP) — Police say a gunman in southern Finland has killed one person and wounded eight others in a shooting.
Detective Superintendent Satu Koivisto said Saturday the gunman had fled the scene and police were still looking for him.
The shootings occurred in the early hours in Hyvinkaa, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital, Helsinki.
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