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Finland school shooting by 12-year-old student wounds 3 other 12-year-olds, police say

A 12-year-old student opened fire at a lower secondary school in southern Finland Tuesday and wounded three other students, all also 12-years-old, police said.

The suspect was later arrested, police said.

Heavily armed police cordoned off the school, which has some 800 students, in the city of Vantaa, just outside the capital, Helsinki, after receiving a call about a shooting incident at 9:08 a.m.

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Finnish police at a school where where a 12-year-old student allegedly opened fire and wounded three other pupils, also 12-year-olds, in Vantaa, outside the Finnish capital Helsinki, on April 2, 2024.

MARKKU ULANDER / Lehtikuva / AFP via Getty Images


Police said the suspect was arrested in the Helsinki area later Tuesday.

“The immediate danger is over,” the Viertola…

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