Radio | News week in plain Finnish | Saturday 19 October 2024

The death of Janne Puhaka

The big news this week was the death of hockey player Janne Puhaka.

Janne Puhakka was killed on Sunday the 13th of October.

The police suspect that Janne Puhaka’s ex-boyfriend killed him.

The sad case was extraordinary in many ways.

Now we will tell you more about it.

An ex-boyfriend confessed

Former ice hockey player Janne Puhakka died when he was visiting his former home.

The police suspect that Janne Puhakka’s ex-boyfriend, Norwegian Rolf Nordmo, shot Janne Puhakka with a shotgun.

The reason was perhaps that Puhakka and Nordmo had broken up a few weeks earlier.

Rolf Nordmo has confessed to the police that he caused Puhaka’s death.

Nordmo is shocked and sorry, the police say. Janne Puhakka was 29 years old.

Successful ice hockey player

Janne Puhakka, who died last Sunday, was a former professional ice hockey player.

He won a bronze medal in the youth national team at the world championships.

Later, he also played hockey in the SM League and the French Premier League.

He was the first ice hockey player in the SM league to say in public that he is homosexual.

It was a brave act that received a lot of publicity.

Puhakka also appeared in a television program.

An exceptional case

Janne Puhaka’s death was exceptional in many ways. The police suspect that Puhaka was killed by a former boyfriend.

He is 66-year-old Norwegian veterinarian and entrepreneur Rolf Nordmo.

Nordmo is wealthy and successful.

For example, he has a nice home in Norway. He has no criminal past.

Violence in relationships

Janne Puhaka’s death has sparked a discussion about violence in relationships.

Victims of intimate partner violence are helped by, for example, the Nollalinja telephone and chat service.

You don’t need to tell Nollalinja what your name is. The zero line also helps in English.

Repeat

This time, the topic of the news week was the death of ice hockey player Janne Puhaka.

Let’s repeat the most important things.

The police suspect that a former boyfriend killed Janne Puhaka

Puhaka’s death sparked a discussion about intimate partner violence

This was Uutisviikko in clear Finnish. See you again, by the way!