Man killed in Joensuu, suspect held

One person was allegedly beaten to death by another person inside an apartment at Noljakka area in Joensuu, a municipality under North Karelia region on Sunday, police said in a press release on Monday.

Police said that the incident took place when a 27-year-old man reportedly beat another 29-year-old man inside the apartment in the morning. The victim died on the spot.

Responding to an alarm, police rushed to the spot recovered the body from the apartment.

Members of the law enforcing agency also arrested the suspect from the spot of the crime.

The suspected killer was produced before the North Karelia District Court on Monday and the court remanded him into custody for his alleged involvement in the suspected murder.

Police, however, did not divulge detail about the killing and reason behind the incident at the preliminary stage of the investigation.

They also did not disclose the identities of the victim and the suspect and their relation.

Police are investigating into the case as murder.