school shooting school shooting occurred september western finland year old student shot fatally injured people semi automatic pistol shooting head died hours later woman injured stable condition shooting took place owned facilities campus shared second year student degree programme incident second school shooting year finland school shooting november people including died school shooting taken place country history leaving people dead shooting entered school buildings basement shooting began utc roughly people assembled inside college emergency services received armed calibre target semi automatic wore dark clothing ski mask school shots directed survived said prepared walked initially opened fire group students taking business studies exam entered classroom according students able escape exam room roughly students taking exam approached victims individually shooting said situation acting aggressively encountered little resistance massacre concluded relatively quickly covered classroom liquid believed petrol set room student adjacent classroom said class heard shooting kind rumble like tables falling believed time noise coming toy gun students went investigate noise shot remaining students classroom hid table running upstairs point ran corridor threw petrol bomb language laboratory shot windows school main corridor extended building time took aim police van officers arrived short time began entered yard college shot forced retreat police units bolstered number armoured vehicles began arrive scene attempted enter building main corridor assault aborted black smoke building aftermath having escaped buildings variety ways including doors windows students found river school able use rowing boats means escape started fires locations school buildings fire exam room damaged bodies badly identified dna dental records victims found exam room nearby corridor later student fled burning classroom died corridor victims female students male student male member staff students killed teacher 50s year old woman shot head operations days sustaining injury reported satisfactory condition students treated minor injuries including cuts broken glass victims classmates originally lived enrolled catering course college later revealed male student probably close friend pair spent evening february threatened starter pistol photo circulating internet jokingly points friend head names victims withheld police firefighters extinguished fires major damage school remained large time school grounds evacuated days killings friend named told received confessed having killed people claimed spoken calm manner telling wanted goodbye found alive police having shot head taken treated gunshot wound died short time later total people killed deadliest peacetime attack finnish history surpassing previous highest count school shooting deadliest attack school campus april killed people shooting fired total nearly shots including shots air highest number shots inflicted single victim september identified responsible shooting management student school thrown member month opening fire woodland exercise orders victim bullying secondary school dropped classes reason friend reported seeing psychologist months shooting obsessed guns left notes school dormitory indicating planning massacre years police spokesperson commented left notes saying hatred mankind human race thinking going years notes troubled hated police said victims female motive hatred women friends noticed change behaviour years began expressing fondness guns admiration school united_states said months previously sent message saying carry school shooting day reportedly denied carrying threat police investigating element involved emerged school shooting bought guns store gunmen taken photographs similar poses exchanged videos related school youtube finnish social networking site march police ruled contact said committed crimes people interviewed investigation said knew plans youtube account uploaded videos firing local shooting range user youtube account favourites footage massacre finnish police informed youtube videos anonymous tip friday shooting police talked searched home day incident monday september found reason arrest held temporary weapons permit august obtained licence calibre pistol police said criminal record police inspector subsequently charged duty court case began september posted video finnish social networking site pointed gun camera said english die followed firing shots direction camera video available police questioned police spokesperson commented video saw shooting range information came police said detained known video time questioning police said believed videos shot trying identify person chief investigator case speculated friend murdered interior minister announced actions police investigated police commissioner said finnish police increase monitoring youtube social networking sites asked similar attacks place future replied badly fear possible response day incident crisis meeting held government ministers chairs parliamentary groups police officials attendance prime minister described tragic day appealed unity hope events like happen national day mourning declared following day travelled meet students days shooting police said received number tip offs suspicious photographs videos comments chat rooms finnish media reported bomb threats threatening messages circulating students nationwide days
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