Police had said that both the suspect and the injured were 12 years old. They have opened an investigation into murder and attempted murder.
Finnish police investigate the scene at the primary school Viertola comprehensive school where a child opened fire and injured three other children, on April 2, 2024 in Vantaa, outside the Finnish capital Helsinki. – Police said, that the attacker was in custody, and “All those involved in the shooting incident are minors”. / Finland OUT / FINLAND OUTnorth of the Finnish capital Helsinki, killing a fellow student and seriously injuring two others before being taken into custody, police said.
The suspect, who was carrying a gun, was arrested in a “calm manner” around 10 am and had admitted being the shooter in a preliminary interrogation. “At first I didn’t understand it was a weapon. Then a terrible scream could be heard and children ran across the yard,” the witness said. The weapon the suspect was carrying belonged to a relative and there were no other suspects, according to police.Concerned parents arrived shortly after news of the shooting broke and waited outside the cordoned off school in the near freezing temperature.
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