HELSINKI: Flags flew at half-mast throughout Finland on Wednesday (Apr 3) because the nation mourned a 12-year-old boy who was shot lifeless in school, with police saying a fellow sixth-grader was their solely suspect.
Two different pupils at Viertola college, each women additionally aged 12, had been severely wounded in Tuesday’s assault and had been present process therapy in hospital, police mentioned in a press release.
“The police have a preliminary understanding of the motive for the act, however for investigative causes, it can’t be confirmed but,” police mentioned.
They mentioned the suspect had admitted to the taking pictures throughout an preliminary investigation however nobody has but spoken in public on the suspect’s behalf. He was put within the care of social providers as a result of a toddler can’t be remanded in custody.
After phrase unfold of the taking pictures on Tuesday morning, anxious dad and mom waited for hours exterior the varsity as academics saved classroom doorways shut to guard their pupils whereas police searched the buildings.
The suspect was apprehended some 4km away carrying a revolver, police mentioned.
The suspect and the deceased boy had been each Finnish residents, they mentioned. One of many injured women was additionally Finnish, whereas the third sufferer was a twin citizen of Finland and Kosovo.
