Tragic School Shooting: Child Killed, Suspect Arrested
A child was killed and two were seriously injured in a gun exchange at a school near the Finnish capital, as announced by the police, and a 12-year-old student suspected of the attack has been arrested.
Following the shootings, the police isolated a building at Viertola school in the suburb of Vantaa in Helsinki. The minor was apprehended without further violence in the Siltamaki suburb, which is far from the school. Both the suspect and the weapon are now in police custody, according to the police, Reuters reports.
There are no other suspects at the moment, the police specified. They did not provide details regarding the identity of the suspect or the victims, except that all were 12-year-old Finnish students at the school.
The two survivors suffered serious injuries, as stated in a press release by the regional hospital district of Helsinki, without providing details.
The suspect admitted to the attack during a preliminary interview, as stated by the police, and the crimes will be investigated as murder and attempted murder.
No one has spoken on behalf of the suspect yet. They will be placed in the care of social services, as a child cannot be placed in preventive detention, as stated by the police.
According to the police, the motive is unclear. The firearm permit belonged to a relative of the suspect, they said.
Translation by Iurie Tataru
