Crime-scene tape outside a detached home in Henttaa, Espoo, on 14 October. Western Uusimaa Police Department revealed yesterday that a roughly 65-year-old man is suspected of killing a 30-year-old man in a private residence in the neighbourhood on Sunday. According to Ilta-Sanomat, the victim is Janne Puhakka, 29, a former player in the top-tier ice hockey league in Finland, Liiga. (Vesa Moilanen – Lehtikuva)
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JANNE PUHAKKA, the first openly gay player in the top-tier ice hockey league in Finland, Liiga, was killed in Henttaa, Espoo, on Sunday, according to Ilta-Sanomat.
Western Uusimaa Police Department on Monday reported that it was notified of a violent crime in a private residence in the neighbourhood at about 8pm on Sunday. After arriving at the scene, the responding officers arrested a roughly 65-year-old man on suspicion of shooting a roughly 30-year-old man.
The incident posed no threat to outsiders.
Ilta-Sanomat on Monday published a report identifying the victim as Puhakka, 29, and the suspect as Rolf Nordmo, the 66-year-old Norwegian partner of Puhakka. Ville Luoto, the defence counsel of Nordmo, confirmed both identities to Helsingin Sanomat on Monday.
Police, though, have yet to comment on the identities, relationship or the nationalities of the involved parties.
Matti Högman, the officer leading the pre-trial investigation at Western Uusimaa Police Department, said to Helsingin Sanomat that the incident has been pushed up from manslaughter to murder due to details that point to deliberation, for example.
“There are factors that suggest there’s reason to believe the suspect acted with stable deliberation. In addition, the act is believed to have been very brutal and cruel,” he commented to the daily newspaper.
“We have a provisional understanding of the motive, but we won’t be commenting on it yet.”
Puhakka came out as gay in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat in 2019. He went on to become a role model for gender and sexual minorities and was presently participating in Petolliset, a Nelonen show based on the Dutch format De Verraders. Scheduled to air on Thursday, the final episode of the show has been cancelled due to the homicide.
Aleksi Teivainen – HT
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Source: www.helsinkitimes.fi
