Overview

• Emergency services were called at 11:06 a.m. local time, and ambulances, a fire truck and police responded to Parliament House in Helsinki.
• Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and other leaders offered condolences, and parliamentary business was paused out of respect.
• Local media reported the death appeared to be a suicide, while officials have released limited details beyond confirming the death.
• Peltonen, 30, was a first-term Social Democratic MP elected in 2023 who served on the Administrative and Legal committees and held local leadership roles in Järvenpää.
• He had recently disclosed kidney problems and a bacterial infection treated with intravenous antibiotics, for which he had taken sick leave.