One dead in a school shooting in Finland

– International news – Tasnim News Agency According to the newspaper “De Presse” in Austria, a teenager shot in a school in Vantaa, Finland, and three of his classmates They were shot and one of them died.

In this way, a 12-year-old teenager in a school in the suburbs of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, killed a classmate with a gun and two students. seriously injured another. The boy suspect was arrested after the Tuesday morning shooting attack in Vantaa, north of Helsinki, police said. Many worried parents rushed to the school and Finland’s Interior Minister Marie Rantanen described the incident as “shocking”. CEST), nine minutes after the emergency call, they arrived at the scene of the attack on the outskirts of Vantaa, north of Helsinki. The suspect was arrested about an hour later. The boy, who had a firearm in his possession, was arrested without a fight, police said on their website. The weapon of the attacker, which seems to be registered to a close relative, was seized. The police emphasized that the suspect under the age of 15 cannot be detained in Finland, but will be under the care of social services.

After the crime, the students of the Virtola school were initially under police supervision in their classrooms. were placed Concerned parents flocked to the school, Yle Public Broadcasting reported. Police officers were looking after them. According to Finnish media, a crisis team consisting of school staff and city administration has been formed. Some parents told Finnish media after calling their children that the shooting happened in a classroom. Is. According to personal website information, this school has two branches in Vantaa and about 90 employees. About 800 children between the ages of 7 and 15 are being educated there.

The Finnish interior minister expressed his regret for the pain and worry that many families are currently feeling. He wrote on the X online service: “Today started in a shocking way”.

Finland experienced several similar actions a few years ago. In November 2007, an 18-year-old opened fire at a school in Jokla, 50 kilometers from Helsinki, killing eight people, including six students, before committing suicide. In September 2008, an armed attack took place at a vocational school in the town of Kavahjoki in western Finland. The 22-year-old attacker killed ten people and then committed suicide. Reforming the Common European Asylum System