Finland school shooting leaves one student dead, 12-year-old suspect arrested

A toddler died and two others had been injured in a shooting incident in Finland’s Vantaa metropolis on Tuesday.

Police mentioned the injured college students had been admitted to hospital for remedy.

The handgun utilized by the perpetrator was licensed to a detailed relative, reported YLE.

The doable motive behind the assault continues to be not recognized.

Police mentioned that the suspect within the incident is a 12-year-old boy and he has been apprehended as nicely.

The suspected shooter fled the school on foot and was caught by officers within the northern Helsinki neighbourhood of Siltamäki, YLE reported quoting police.

Police mentioned the incident is presently being investigated as homicide and tried homicide.

Children underneath the age of 15 usually are not remanded into custody in Finland. As a minor, the suspect shouldn’t be criminally liable, reported YLE.

Viertola school, the place the incident befell, has 800 college students finding out between grades 1 and 9.

The school has 90 employees members.

The shooting befell at Jokiranta web site the place pupils aged 9-13 are taught.

Vantaa is the fourth largest metropolis in Finland.

It has 240,000 residents.

Finland PM expresses shock

Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo expressed shock and posted on X: “The shooting scene in Vantaa deeply shocks. My ideas are with the victims, their family members and the opposite college students and employees of Viertola school.”