Orimattila is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastiaregion. The municipality has a population of 14,339 (2003) and covers an area of 617.07 km² of which 8.14 km² is water. The population density is 23.5 inhabitants per km². The biggest store in Orimattila is called Aisakello. There are plenty of business around horses. Even if it´s hard to believe, Orimattila is a city. Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Päijänne Tavastia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in Southern Finland south of the lake Päijänne. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The trial, which was the first of its kind, lasted three days and saw testimony from many witnesses, including a medical criminologist who stated that they were in a potential life-threatening situation when the fur farmer, Markku Kuisma, shot at and wounded three of the five.
The unfortunate side to the Orimattila case was the unbelievable amount of support the shooter and the entire fur industry got.
Our mistake in the Orimattila case was that we weren't careful enough, and we took the raid too lightly and as routine job.