Sword Attack at Finnish College Leaves One Dead, 10 Wounded

Sword Attack at Finnish College Leaves One Dead, 10 Wounded
Policemen in front of the Herman shopping center where the Savo Vocational College is located in Kuopio, Finland, on Oct. 1, 2019. Hannu Rainamo/Lehtikuva/via Reuters
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HELSINKI—A male student armed with a sword killed a woman and wounded nine others in an attack at a college in eastern Finland on Oct. 1, which the prime minister described as “shocking.”

The suspected attacker, who is in his mid-20s, used “a saber-type of bladed weapon,” chief inspector Mikko Lyytinen said in the city of Kuopio, where the attack took place. The motive for the attack was not clear.