US EditionThree pupils injured in Finnish school attack, police say
- On May 20, 2025, a 16-year-old student attacked three female students with a knife at Vahajarvi school in Pirkkala, southern Finland.
- The suspect reportedly planned the attack for about six months and published a manifesto explaining his motives and weapon use before the incident.
- The stabbing occurred in a school hallway around 10:42 am, prompting police to cordon off the school and keep students locked inside as a precaution.
- Authorities confirmed the three wounded students suffered non-life-threatening injuries, specifying wounds to the neck, waist, and hand, while the suspect was arrested minutes later.
- The incident raised official condemnation from Education Minister Anders Adlercreutz, who stated that "all violence in schools is unequivocally condemnable," while investigations continue.
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At least three students from a school in the town of Pirkkala, in southern Finland, were injured on Tuesday when they were attacked by a partner with a knife, the police reported in a statement. The officers arrested the alleged attacker, also a student of the Vähäjärvi school, shortly after receiving the first emergency call. The three victims were injured, although “at this time, their lives are not in danger”, according to the police statemen…
Three female students from a school in southern Finland were injured in a multiple stabbing that could have been specifically directed against girls, as the alleged 16-year-old would have confessed, in a message published before the attack was perpetrated. The incident took place in a primary and secondary school in Tampere, where the first warnings began to emerge shortly before 10.45 a.m. A quarter of an hour later, the police arrived in the a…
Near the Finnish city of Tampere, a student is said to have stabbed people. The background is unclear. However, the media report on a manifesto.
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