The Imatra shooting occurred on 4 December 2016 in the

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when Jori Juhani Lasonen, a 23-year-old Imatra resident, shot three people dead in the town centre. According to the psychological evaluation, Lasonen was not criminally responsible at the time of the shootings. Therefore, The

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District Court did not sentence him to prison, but instead committed him to involuntary psychiatric treatment.

Details

Just before midnight on Saturday, right outside a local restaurant in the town's shopping area, Jori Juhani Lasonen waited for vulnerable targets and chose, according to preliminary police investigations, random targets. However, one of the victims was a notable local politician. The victims were exiting a restaurant when Lasonen opened fire at them, and they died shortly after. The casualties who were shot dead were the town's city council chair

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, as well as two journalists. Aside from them, no one else sustained injuries or was killed.

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