"Much loved" Finnish politician Eemeli Peltonen, 30, was found dead of suicide Tuesday in the parliament building in Helsinki, according to local media.

A politician in Finland has died in the country's main parliament building in the capital, Helsinki. Eemeli Peltonen, 30, who was an MP for the Social Democratic Party, is believed to have taken his own life in the building and was found on Tuesday morning, local media reported.

Finnish politician Eemeli Peltonen was found dead in the parliament building in Helsinki on Tuesday in what authorities believe was a suicide, local media said. The death of the 30-year-old Social Democratic Party MP has sent shockwaves through Finland’s political sphere with politicians on all sides expressing their sadness.