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Finland school gunman was questioned before attack
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | No comments posted.
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HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finland’s interior minister says a man who killed 10 people in a school shooting today was questioned by police a day before the massacre but released.
Anne Holmlund says the gunman was detained for questioning on Monday about YouTube postings in which he is seen firing a handgun. She says police released him because they had no legal reason to keep him detained.
She says the man used a 22-millimeter caliber handgun in today’s attack in Kauhajoki, 180 miles (300 kilometers) northwest of Helsinki. Holmlund says he got the license for the gun in August.
A hospital spokesman said the gunman who shot himself after the shootings at a trade school has died from his injures.
Tampere hospital medical director Matti Lehto says the man was pronounced dead at the hospital hours after the shooting.
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finland’s interior minister says a man who killed 10 people in a school shooting today was questioned by police a day before the massacre but released.
Anne Holmlund says the gunman was detained for questioning on Monday about YouTube postings in which he is seen firing a handgun. She says police released him because they had no legal reason to keep him detained.
She says the man used a 22-millimeter caliber handgun in today’s attack in Kauhajoki, 180 miles (300 kilometers) northwest of Helsinki. Holmlund says he got the license for the gun in August.
A hospital spokesman said the gunman who shot himself after the shootings at a trade school has died from his injures.
Tampere hospital medical director Matti Lehto says the man was pronounced dead at the hospital hours after the shooting.
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