Three children have been injured in a shooting after a pupil opened fire at a primary school in Finland.Local police added that one person had been detained and a weapons seized.
The incident occurred at Viertolan Koulu school in the southern Vantaa, a suburb to the capital, Helsinki, at just after 7am on Tuesday morning UK time.The Interior Minister, Mari Rantanen, posted on X: “The day started in a horrifying way. There has been a shooting incident at the Viertola school in Vantaa. I can only imagine the pain and worry that many families are experiencing at the moment. The suspected perpetrator has been caught.
Previous school shootings in Finland have put a harsh focus on Finland’s gun policy. Finland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world., despite the country’s small population of just 5.6 million. With 430,000 licence-holders in the country, this means roughly 12 per cent of Finns own a firearm