Finland: At Least One Killed in School Shooting

by JadLB | November 7, 2007 at 06:21 am | 695 views | add comment | 0 recommendations
Finland: At Least One Killed in School Shooting by JadLB
At least one person has been killed in a school shooting in Tuusula, about 60 kilometres from Helsinki. According to the Töölö Hospital in Helsinki, the victim is a middle-age woman. Four others have been wounded.

Eyewitnesses report the shooter has been taken into custody. Police have not yet verified the information.

Students have been evacuated to a church in the area. Police and ambulances are at the scene.

Police say the shooter is an 18-year old high school male.

Video Posted on YouTube

A video named "Jokela High School Massacre -11/7/2007" was posted Tuesday on the video-sharing site YouTube. The video contains outdoor pictures of the school. A man with a gun is also seen in the footage.

The video can be viewed here


You may find also details on the personal website of this guy http://www.albaani.org/~ilmari/Tuusula/ !


Youtube has suspended the account recently but the guy had posted a document on his website explaining the attack and there is pictures of him.

  

Uploaded by JadLB | November 7, 2007 at 06:21 am | 695 views | add comment

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