School shooting in Finland LIVE: one child dead and two others aged 12 seriously injured after classroom carnage – with ‘armed man’, also aged 12, under arrest

• It was at this time that a 12-year-old boy was arrested by the Finnish police.
• He is seen with a gun on the ground next to him.

• The child who was killed in the shooting died at the scene, police said.
• The death was only made public after the 12-year-old’s family was informed.

• The suspect allegedly used a licensed handgun in the shooting.
• Police said the gun belonged to a close relative of the suspect.

• The 12-year-old boy suspected of carrying out the shooting will not be held criminally responsible under Finnish law.
• The minimum age of criminal responsibility in Finland is 15 years.
• “Preliminary investigations into crimes committed by children under the age of 15 are automatically terminated in the absence of criminal liability,” the Finnish police website says.
• Criminal District Commissioner Kimmo Hyvärinen was quoted as saying that the police were still investigating the case.

• One child is dead and two others are seriously injured after school shooting.
• Police said they were investigating one murder and two counts of attempted murder.

• The suspected shooter is a 12-year-old boy, police said, according to MTV Uutisten.

• Finland tightened its gun laws in 2010 after two deadly school shootings in 2007 and 2008.
• It introduced an aptitude test for all applicants for a firearms license and changed the age limit for applicants from 18 to 20 years.
• There are more than 1.5 million licensed firearms and about 430,000 permit holders in this country of 5.6 million people, where hunting and target shooting are popular.

• Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said on X: “The day started horribly… I can only imagine the pain and worry many families are experiencing right now. The alleged perpetrator was arrested.

• In a statement, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said: “The scene of the shooting in Vantaa is deeply shocking. My thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones and other students and staff at Viertola School. We are monitoring the situation closely and awaiting updated information from the authorities.

• In 2007, an 18-year-old student shot dead seven students and their principal in an incident known as the Jokela High School massacre.
• The shooter Pekka-Eric Auvinen then committed suicide and later died in hospital.
• A few months later, in 2008, another shooting occurred at a university in the city of Kauhajoki.
• The shooter, Matti Juhani Saari, a 22-year-old student, killed ten people. He also committed suicide and later died in hospital.
• Gun laws were tightened following the shooting.

Anna-Maja Henriksson said on X: “Terrible news from Vantaa. We are monitoring the situation carefully. Our thoughts are with the injured and their loved ones as well as all those affected.

• According to Finnish police, all those involved in the shooting were students aged 12.
• Police corrected previously shared information, earlier saying those involved were 13 years old.

• Police caught up with the suspect a 50-minute walk from the school, reports Finnish television channel MTV Uutiset.
• A witness described seeing the “small” and “hooded” juvenile drop something on the ground before kneeling when police arrived.

• The shooting took place in one of the school’s classrooms, according to parents of students at the school.
• Terrified children called their families from inside the school, two parents told Helsingin Sanomat.

• The incident took place at the Viertolan Koulu school in Vantaa.
• Students at the school range in age from seven to 15 and are of primary and middle school age.
• In addition to its 800 students, around 90 employees work at the school.
• The Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported that the school is located between two “teaching points”: the Liljatie teaching point and the Jokiranta teaching point.
• Citing eyewitness accounts, the publication reports that the shooting likely took place at the Jokiranta teaching point.

• The shooting took place at the Viertola school in Vantaa, just north of the capital Helsinki.
• Vantaa is the fourth largest city in Finland with around 240,000 inhabitants.

• The suspect in the shooting was a juvenile, police said.
• The child was apprehended by the police.
• All those injured in the shooting were also children, they added.

• Around 10:45 a.m. local time (8:45 a.m. GMT), the school principal announced that the immediate danger to the school had passed.
• “The immediate danger has passed,” said Sari Laasila, declining to comment further on the incident.

• Finnish police say three minors were injured in school shooting.

• Several people were injured in a shooting at a primary school in Finland on Tuesday.
• A suspect was then apprehended, Finnish police said in a statement.
• The shooting took place at the Viertola school in Vantaa, a suburb of the capital Helsinki, which has around 800 students in grades one to nine.