A GUNMAN has killed five people in a shooting spree in Finland.

A GUNMAN has killed five people in a shooting spree in Finland.

Police say 43-year-old Ibrahim Shkupolli shot dead three men and a woman with a 9mm pistol at a grocery shop inside the Sello shopping centre in Espoo, the country's second largest city.

One of the shop's employees, thought to be Mr Shkupolli's ex-girlfriend, was later found dead at a flat in the city.

Finnish police have since confirmed that they have found Mr Shkupolli's body.

The drama unfolded this morning at just after 10am local time. The four victims shot and killed in thhe shopping centre were aged 27, 40, 42 and 45.