Three children injured in Finland primary school shooting
Published April 2, 2024 4:13pm Police officers are seen at the Viertola comprehensive school in Vantaa, Finland, on April 2, 2024 after a shooting in which three minors were injured. A suspect, also a minor, has been apprehended. Lehtikuva/ Markku Ulander via REUTERS HELSINKI — Three children were injured in a shooting at a primary school […]
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HELSINKI — Three children were injured in a shooting at a primary school in Finland early on Tuesday, and a suspect, who was also a minor, was later apprehended, Finnish police said.
The victims were taken to hospital, a police spokesperson told Reuters.
The shooting took place at the Viertola school in Vantaa, a suburb to the capital Helsinki, which has around 800 students from first to ninth grade and a staff of some 90 people, according to the local municipality.
“The immediate danger is over,” the Viertola school’s principal Sari Laasila told Reuters, declining to comment further on the incident. — Reuters
