Nation mourns

by kipin | November 8, 2007 at 02:24 pm | 215 views | add comment

Update: Amount of deaths has risen to nine when the shooter died on the hospital this evening.

Update: Yle News reports that at least eight people have been killed in the school shooting (a female principal, five male and two female students). The shooter, 18-year-old male student is in critical condition after having shot himself in the head.

Writings and videos made by the shooter forecasting blood bath have been found on several web sites. Some of the sites (for example the original YouTube video) have been closed down. Read more.

See also what newspaper Helsingin Sanomat writes about the tragedy. Video- and photomaterial can be found here.

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.