US EditionA 12-year-old student opens fire at a school in Finland, killing 1 and wounding 2 others
- Three children were injured in a school shooting at Viertola primary school in Vantaa.
- The suspect was arrested with a handgun in his possession, and the immediate danger was over.
- The Viertola school has around 800 pupils and 90 staff members.
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The attack on a school in Finland: an isolated event in the EU country with the most firearms per inhabitant
The shooting this Tuesday at a school in the metropolitan area of Helsinki, in which a 12-year-old boy killed a classmate and injured two others, has rekindled the debate over firearms in Finland. The attack on the Vantaa school has shocked the Nordic country, the member of the European Union with the most rifles, shotguns and pistols per inhabitant, and is reminiscent of the shootings in two schools, in 2007 and 2008, which caused almost 20 dea…
One killed, two injured by 12-year-old Finnish school shooter
A 12-year-old opened fire Tuesday at a school north of the Finnish capital Helsinki, killing a fellow student and seriously injuring two others before being taken into custody, police said. The Viertola school in Vantaa, Finland’s fourth-largest city, has around 90 staff and 800 pupils in grades one to nine, or aged seven to 15. ALSO READ: After scandals, Finland govt pledges anti-racism plan “Today, after 9:00 am, a shooting incident took place…
This has happened: The school shooting in Vanda.
A 12-year-old child has died and two peers have been injured after the school attack on Tuesday morning in Vanda, Finland, outside Helsinki. The suspected shooter is said to be a child of the same age. We know this about the course of events.
'Killer child' attacks Finland school
A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland yesterday morning, killing one and seriously wounded two other students, police said. The suspect was later arrested. Heavily armed police cordoned off the lower secondary school, with some 800 students, in the city of...
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One child killed, two wounded in Finland school shooting, 12-year-old boy held
HELSINKI (Reuters) -One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody.
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