School Shooting in Finland

BREAKING NEWS: At least one dead in school shooting in Jokela, near Helsinki; police confirm gunman caught:

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now there has been a school shooting at the Jokela School Centre in Tuusula, Finland which is just north of Helsinki.

The article states that one person was killed, 3 more were injured, and that the gunman has been captured.

The gunman is believed to be an 18-year-old student of the school.

Tuomas Hulkkonen, a member of the graduating class of the upper secondary school, says that he has known the gunman for ten years since the lower grades. Hulkkonen says that in recent days he had started acting strange, drawing pictures involving firearms. When asked about it, he said that he was joking. He also said that the suspected gunman had shooting as a hobby.

No motive has been discussed as of yet but the shooters alleged YouTube Page paints a disturbing picture.

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3 responses to “School Shooting in Finland”

  1. juleni Avatar
    juleni

    You can read Eric’s ‘manifesto’ in English here: http://www.kimmo.org/jokela/puretut/Manifesto.doc ,

    Also, here is the unzipped media package (manifest pics
    etc) which he uploaded into the Rapidshade hours
    before massacre occurred:
    http://www.kimmo.org/jokela/ ….

    or, here: http://www.kimmo.org/jokela/puretut/
    He was a young man in need of help.

    My heart goes out to the families and victims of his vented pain.

  2. Kiri Avatar
    Kiri

    Tragic, but becoming common. :'(

  3. Trench Avatar

    Welcome to my spam list anti-anti-depressant Luddites. 😎

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