One Child Killed, 2 Wounded in Finland School Shooting, 12-Year-Old Suspect Held

One Child Killed, 2 Wounded in Finland School Shooting, 12-Year-Old Suspect Held
Police officers operate at the Viertola comprehensive school in Vantaa, Finland, on April 2, 2024. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander via Reuters
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HELSINKI—One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody.

In the aftermath of the shooting, police cordoned off a building at the Viertola school in the Vantaa suburb of Helsinki.