Several injuries reported in a school shooting in Finland

Published April 2nd, 2024 - 07:25 GMT
Finland
This handout photo released on September 26, 2008 by the Finnish Central Criminal Police show the burnt-out classroom where many students died when gunman went on a rampage on the morning of September 23, 2008 at the Kauhajoki vocational high school, in southwestern Finland. (Photo by HO / Finnish Criminal Police Dept / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Reports by the Finnish police confirm that several people have been injured in a school shooting. The suspect has been taken into custody where a probe will be launched into the incident. 

UPDATE

One child has been pronounced dead following a school shooting that injured a number of students in Helsinki.

Further reports revealed that a child opened fire Tuesday at a primary school in Vantaa outside the Finnish capital Helsinki injuring three others, police said, adding that the attacker was in custody.

"All those involved in the shooting incident are minors. According to the police's current information, there are three injured," a police statement said.

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