Finnish School Shooting Motivated By Bullying: Police
Sumaira FH Published April 03, 2024 | 06:54 PM
A 12-year old suspected of shooting and killing a classmate and wounding two girls at a school in Finland said he had been motivated by bullying, police said Wednesday
Helsinki, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Apr, 2024) A 12-year old suspected of shooting and killing a classmate and wounding two girls at a school in Finland said he had been motivated by bullying, police said Wednesday
Flags flew at half-mast as the northern European country observed a day of mourning a day after the boy had opened fire in a classroom at his school in the Finnish city of Vantaa.
"The motive for the act has been identified as bullying," police said in a statement.
"The suspect has told the police during interrogations that he has been the victim of bullying and this information has also been confirmed in the police's preliminary investigation."
Police also said that the young suspect had only been a student at the school since the beginning of the year.
They said their investigation had shown that he had threatened other students on their way to the school.
According to Finnish broadcaster MTV Uutiset, the boy wore a mask and noise-cancelling headphones when he carried out the shooting.
The child who was killed, a Finnish boy also aged 12, died at the scene, and the suspect had already fled the school by the time police arrived.
The police opened an investigation into murder and attempted murder but said the suspect has been handed over to social services as he could not be held in police custody because of his age.
The revolver-like gun used in the shooting belonged to a close relative of the boy, they said.
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