Flags at half-mast in Finland – Country mourns death of 12-year-old by classmate at school

Finland is in mourning after the death of a 12-year-old student who was shot by a classmate yesterday during a gun attack at his school, and for this reason, flags are flying at half-mast today in the grieving country. Two other students at the Viertola school in Vanda, north of Helsinki, also aged 12, were seriously injured in yesterday's attack, hospital officials and police said. At the moment there is no update on the health status of the two children who have been injured and the police have not made a new announcement. As news of the shooting broke yesterday morning, parents waited anxiously outside the school for hours as teachers secured their classrooms to protect students while police searched the school premises. A suspect in the attack was eventually arrested about 4 kilometers away from the school while it was still going on […]
Source: News Beast

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