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Police say they responded to the incident at Viertola school before 09:00 (06:00 GMT) on Tuesday and urged local residents to remain indoors.

A suspect, who police say was also aged 12, has been arrested.

The school has 800 students and 90 staff. Witnesses told public broadcaster YLE that two ambulances had left the scene.

In common with other Finnish schools, children had just returned to classes in Vantaa, north of the capital Helsinki, after the long Easter weekend.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You're right, there seems to have been some misreporting initially.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Something has gone fundamentally wrong regarding upbringing, school and mental health if a 12-year-old gets access to a gun and starts shooting innocent people as a means of "revenge".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I think the police have stated they are not yet aware of a possible motive, we know the child's weapon was registered to a close relative but how they got it and why they used it is still a mystery. Terrible and sad that someone so young felt like taking a life is a valid course of action.

[–] prole 1 points 5 months ago

Children's brains aren't fully developed, so we can't exactly expect them to behave completely rational 100% of the time. This i s why kids shouldn't have access to firearms, period. Even if they're "properly trained."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I wonder what will happen to the gun owner. They clearly did not secure their gun.