In Finland, a gunman shot dead three women, including a local council official, as they were leaving a restaurant in a small town, police said today. <br/><br/>Investigators cited by the SST news agency said, the municipal council head and two local journalists were killed last night in the town of Imatra by a man who was swiftly arrested. <br/><br/>The 23-year-old suspect, who was armed with a shotgun, has a record of violent crime. He was interrogated today but the motive for the attack remains unclear. Finland enjoys relatively low crime rates compared to other European nations but, with many Finns keen hunters, it has one of the biggest gun ownership rates in the world.