A gunman killed nine at a vocational school in Finland before shooting himself. The shooting began shortly before 11a.m. and there were about 150 students in the school at the time.
The Finnish News Agency reported parts of the school were on fire and the gunman had explosives. The school janitor related hearing successive rounds suggesting it was an automatic pistol.
It was not known at the time how seriously the gunman was injured but a detective said he was wounded by his own bullets.
Finnish media said YouTube clips of a man firing a gun appeared to be linked to the shooting. In one of them, a young man wearing a leather jacket fires several shots in rapid succession with a handgun at what appears to be a shooting range.
The posting was made five days before the shooting and the location was given as Kauhajoki. The posting included a message saying: “Whole life is war and whole life is pain. And you will fight alone in your personal war.”
The person who posted the clip identified himself as a 22-year-old with the name “Mr. Saari.” He also posted three other clips of himself firing a handgun in the past three weeks.
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