Finland
Minor shoots three children at elementary school
Police were able to arrest the suspected shooter in Vantaa, a suburb of Finland’s capital Helsinki
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In Finland, a minor shot several children in a primary school. The suspect was arrested at the scene.
According to preliminary authorities, three people were killed in a gun attack at a school in a suburb of the Finnish capital Helsinki Children were injured. A suspect, also a minor, was arrested, the police announced on their website on Tuesday. The crime occurred in the morning around 9 a.m. (local time, 8 a.m. CEST) in the suburb of Vantaa, north of Helsinki.
“All persons involved in the gun attack are minors,” the statement said. “According to police information, there are three injured.”
Parents rush to elementary school after shots fired
After the crime, the students at the Viertola School were initially supervised in their classes. Public broadcaster Yle reported that worried parents rushed to the school. Police officers there looked after them. According to Finnish media, a crisis team made up of employees from the school and the city administration has been set up.
The affected school in Vantaa has two locations, according to its website. Around 800 children between the ages of seven and 15 are taught there.