Gunman, 18, shoots dead young man and woman and wounds seven others after going on the rampage in Finland

An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven others after going on a shooting rampage in Finland, police said today.
Officers arrested the suspect wearing camouflage clothing, near Hyvinkaa, some five hours after he fired several shots from a low rooftop at people gathered outside a restaurant.
The man, from Hyvinkaa, a town around 30 miles north of capital Helsinki, opened fire just before 2am this morning, Detective Chief Inspector Markku Tuominen said, adding that police knew of no possible motive pending an investigation.

Grim: A sheet-covered body lies on the street after an 18-year-old man opened fire on a group of people gathered outside a restaurant in Hyvinkaa

He hit an 18-year-old woman and man and critically wounded a 23-year-old female police officer who responded to the emergency call.
'The man was found with two weapons including a hunting rifle,' Tuominen said.

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The police's regional chief inspector, Timo Leppala, said the suspect did not resist arrest. He was believed to have acted alone and has no criminal background, police said.     

Found: A police officer retrieves the weapon of the gunman from the roof, in the center of Hyvinkaa. The man was arrested with two weapons including a hunting rifle

High alert: Police officers stand guard on a street after the man opened fire around 2am this morning

Dead: The gunman also shot dead an 18-year-old man and critically wounded a 23-year-old female police officer responding to the emergency call

Copy cat? The incident comes less than a year after right wing gunman Anders Breivik killed 77 people in a rampage in neighbouring Norway

The incident follows a series of shooting sprees in Finland in recent years and comes less than a year after anti-immigrant gunman Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in a rampage in neighbouring Norway.  
Shootings are not uncommon in Finland where there are 650,000 officially recognised gun owners in a population of 5.4 million people, with strong hunting traditions.
In recent years, Finland also has seen two deadly school shootings.
In 2008, a culinary student killed nine fellow students and a teacher before shooting himself at a vocational school in the western town of Kauhajoki.
A year earlier, an 18-year-old killed six fellow students, a nurse and the principal at a high school in Tuusula, southern Finland.
Two months ago, a 23-year-old gunman wounded the father of his former girlfriend in an office building before firing several shots through a classroom door in southern Finland.
No one was hurt at the junior high school, and the attacker quickly surrendered.