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Former hockey professional Janne Puhakka — Finland’s first brazenly homosexual participant — was discovered shot to dying on Sunday … and police consider his accomplice was behind the killing.
Puhakka was solely 29.
Based on a report out of Finland, Janne was present in his Henttaa Espoo residence … the place he lived together with his accomplice, 66-year-old veterinarian Rolf Nordmo.
Police stated the dying was a murder and suspected Nordmo was the shooter. He was arrested on the scene with out incident.
The homicide remains to be underneath investigation.
Puhakka — who began taking part in hockey when he was six — launched his main league profession in 2015 and performed for the Blues, Espoo United, and Rapaces de Hole.
He was additionally on the nationwide workforce roster and gained the bronze within the Underneath 18 World Championship in 2013.
Puhakka opened up about his sexuality after hanging up his skates, revealing he had hid being homosexual to keep away from scrutiny within the sports activities world.
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Puhakka was the primary ice hockey participant within the Finnish main leagues to return out as homosexual. In 2022, he wrote a memoir, “Ulos Kopista.”
“We ship our honest condolences to his household, his kinfolk and all his former teammates,” the Rapaces de Hole workforce stated in a press release.
“Presenting within the workforce throughout the 2017/2018 season, Janne marked the employees and his teammates together with his kindness and workforce spirit.”
Nordmo has not been convicted of against the law.
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