Boy unleashes shooting at Finnish school; a minor dies

HELSINKI. — A 12-year-old student died and two were injured after a companion the same age shot up in a school high school in southern Finland, according to police.

armed police They cordoned off the schoolwhich has about 800 students, in the city of Vantaa, just outside the capital, Helsinki, after receiving a tip about a shooting at 9:08 in the morning.

Police said both the suspect and the victims were 12 years old. They later managed to arrest the suspect with a gun in his possession.

According to preliminary investigations, the perpetrator of the shooting he shot his three companions with a gun belonging to a close relative.

One of the children died and the other two were seriously injuredthe police said.

health of young people in a country that -supposedly- is the happiest in the world according to the UN and has an exemplary school system.

Shootings in Finland

In November 2007, an 18 year old student armed with a semi-automatic pistol Shooting in the premises of the high school Jokela in Tuusula, southern Finland, and killed nine people. They found him dead with self-inflicted wounds.

Less than a year later, in September 2008, a 22-year-old student shot and killed 10 people with a semi-automatic pistol at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, southwestern Finland, before committing suicide.

Following the school shootings of 2007 and 2008, Finland tightens its gun laws raising the minimum age to own a gun and giving police more powers to do background checks on people applying for a licence.

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