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Tag: Jokela-High-School

  • Finnish school shooter dead

    Finnish Student Shoots Himself After Shooting Rampage That Killed 7 Other Students, 1 Teacher:

    Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the gunman at the Jokela High School shooting in Finland, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

    The murderer, named by police as Pekka-Eric Auvinen, then shot himself in the head and died in a hospital Wednesday night. He killed eight people, including his headteacher, after moving from classroom to classroom and spraying them with gunfire at the secondary he attended in Tuusula, a small town north of Helsinki.

    Just another weak coward in a too long line of cowards. I was hoping for once that one of these little cretins would be brought to justice. I hope his last hours were more painful than the pain he inflicted.

    Once again the flames of hell burn a little more yellow tonight.

  • Update from Finland

    7 die in ‘YouTube plan’ shooting:

    Now reports are coming in that there are seven dead from the school shooting in Finland at the Jokela School Centre.

    There was also a video on his YouTube profile entitled “Jokela High School Massacre – 11/7/2007.” that escaped my notice and now the YouTube profile has been pulled.

    And the gunman has been identified as Pekka-Eric Auvinen.

    Seven dead in school shooting ‘predicted’ in YouTube video:

    One of his victims is the school principal but it is not known if the principal has survived or not.

    Thanks to ZakkVanDime for that link.

  • 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.