Woman dies while security guards capture her at shopping centre in Espoo

A woman died when security guards of the Iso Omena shopping centre were arresting her inside the shopping centre in Espoo on Saturday afternoon, police said.

Police said that the incident took at about 5:00 pm and they are investigating into the matter of how much force was applied by the security guards during the arrest and if there is a crime link to the death.

Police, however, did not divulge the identity of the deceased or describe detail about the incident.

Local media reported that the incident occurred when the security guards were trying to take the woman out of a store in the shopping centre.

A Finnish language evening tabloid Ilta-Sanomat, quoting eye accounts reported that two security guards knocked down the woman and pushed her on the ground as she did not pay heed to their order. Later two or three more guards rushed to the spot and sat on the woman and put handcuff.

An eyewitness also told the newspaper that the woman did not behave aggressively during the incident.

The woman died on the spot and she could not be revived despite artificial respiration, said police.