BREAKING: Child Opens Fire In Finnish School


A 12-year-old student opened fire in a gun rampage at a Finnish school this morning injuring three other minors before being arrested, police said.

Heavily armed police cordoned off the lower secondary school, with around 800 students, in the city of Vantaa - just outside the capital of Helsinki - after receiving a call about a shooting incident at 9.08am local time. 


The suspect was later detained, police said, with Finnish broadcaster MTV Uutiset reporting that police caught up with them a 50-minute walk from the school.

One witness described seeing the 'small' and 'hooded' minor drop something to the floor before kneeling down as police arrived to arrest them.

The suspect was found in possession of a firearm, reports said.

Police later said that three minors were injured in the attack and that the suspect was also a child. Their identity has not been released.

Officials said that the shooter and the victims were all 12 years old (correcting earlier information that said all involved were 13 years old), while local news outlets quoted parents at the school as saying the shooting occurred inside a classroom.

Reacting to the news on Tuesday, Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on social media that the shooting had 'deeply shocked' him.

'My thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones and the other students and staff of Viertola school,' he wrote. 'We are following the situation closely and are waiting for updated information from the authorities.'

Source: Daily mail

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