`YouTube killer` shoots eight dead in Finnish school
Published: 08 November, 2007, 09:06
A teenager has shot dead at least seven students and the principal and injured more than 10 others at the school he attended in southern Finland.
The eighteen-year-old gunman walked through the Jokela High School firing into classrooms before turning the gun on himself.
The police identified the killer as Pekka-Eric Auvinen, who later died in hospital.
Earlier the gunman had posted a video on YouTube saying that he would carry out the massacre.
08.11.2007, 07:45
Georgia begins day in a state of emergencyA state of emergency will remain in place in Georgia for the next 15 days, following clashes on Wednesday. Independent TV and radio news have been suspended. |
08.11.2007, 09:15
Alleged teenage terrorist to learn fateThe twice-derailed effort by the U.S government to try a former child soldier who allegedly killed a Delta Force commando in Afghanistan is due to resume on Thursday. |
