Finnish MP, 30, dies inside parliament building

Helsinki: A MP from Finland s Social Democratic Party, Eemeli Peltonen, died in Finland s parliament building on Tuesday at the age of 30, the assembl...

Helsinki: A MP from Finland's Social Democratic Party, Eemeli Peltonen, died in Finland's parliament building on Tuesday at the age of 30, the assembly's communications office said.

"The person who passed away in the Parliament Building on the morning of August 19 is Eemeli Peltonen, a member of parliament in his first term," the statement said, expressing condolences to his relatives.

Peltonen died around 11 am local time (8 am GMT), Finnish police said.

The police said it "was investigating the causes of death, but do not suspect crime at this stage".

Chair of the social democratic parliamentary group, Tytti Tuppurainen, said the "passing of Eemeli Peltonen deeply shocks me and all of us" in a statement.