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Rapid Response Unit "Karhu Ryhmä" members at school shooting, 3 Apr 2024
A child has been killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland, police say.
Police said all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had fled but was later detained.
Parents told Finnish media that the shooting had taken place in a classroom at Viertola school in Vantaa, to the north of the capital, Helsinki.
Police said they arrived at the school within nine minutes at 09:17 (06:17 GMT) and tended to the three victims.
"One of the victims died almost immediately at this location in the school," said the head of local police, Tomi Salosyrja. The other two children have been taken to hospital and their condition is described as very serious.
In common with other Finnish schools, children had just returned to classes in Vantaa, just outside Helsinki, after the long Easter weekend. All of those involved are in the sixth grade.
The suspect ran off as soon as police arrived and was eventually detained "in a calm manner" in the northern Siltamaki district of Helsinki at 09:58. A video taken from a passing car shows the suspect being pinned down beside a road almost 4km (2.5 miles) from the school.
Police said he had been holding a firearm which they had taken from him and he admitted carrying out the shooting.
Authorities have now opened an investigation into murder and attempted murder.
Children under the age of 15 are not criminally liable in Finland, so the suspect has not been remanded in custody and will be placed in the care of social services after further questioning.
A child has been killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland, police say.
Police said all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had fled but was later detained.
Parents told Finnish media that the shooting had taken place in a classroom at Viertola school in Vantaa, to the north of the capital, Helsinki.
Police said they arrived at the school within nine minutes at 09:17 (06:17 GMT) and tended to the three victims.
"One of the victims died almost immediately at this location in the school," said the head of local police, Tomi Salosyrja. The other two children have been taken to hospital and their condition is described as very serious.
In common with other Finnish schools, children had just returned to classes in Vantaa, just outside Helsinki, after the long Easter weekend. All of those involved are in the sixth grade.
The suspect ran off as soon as police arrived and was eventually detained "in a calm manner" in the northern Siltamaki district of Helsinki at 09:58. A video taken from a passing car shows the suspect being pinned down beside a road almost 4km (2.5 miles) from the school.
Police said he had been holding a firearm which they had taken from him and he admitted carrying out the shooting.
Authorities have now opened an investigation into murder and attempted murder.
Children under the age of 15 are not criminally liable in Finland, so the suspect has not been remanded in custody and will be placed in the care of social services after further questioning.
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