Child killed and two injured in Finland school shooting as suspect arrested

A 12-year-old child has died after being wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland. The suspected attacker, also aged 12, has been detained and taken into custody. Police also said they have the weapon. Officers were called to the incident at Viertola school in Vantaa just after 9am local time on Tuesday. Two other pupils aged 12 were also shot and seriously wounded, police chief Ilkka Koskimaki told reporters, and were taken to hospital.

The suspect was arrested at around 10am in the suburb of Siltamaki - a 50-minute walk from the school. A witness told MTV Uutiset police stopped a young person - who dropped an object that looked like a weapon on the ground. Footage on social media showed two officers kneeling at the side of the suspected attacker, who was lying face down on a pavement. Police said the suspect had admitted carrying out the attack in a preliminary interview, but the motive is not yet known.

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