2024-04-14 23:17:20
Finland once again put the policy that regulates the use of weapons in its sights following what happened in this establishment.
A shooting occurred this Tuesday, April 2 at around 09:00 local time (03:00 Chile time) within a primary school in southern Finland. According to data provided by the Police, the author is a minor.
He Viertola schoollocated a few kilometers from Airport of Helsinki-Vantaais a school that brings together around 800 students between seven and 16 years oldin addition to 90 employees.
According to the local council, the school director, Sari Laasilahas told Reuters that “the immediate danger has passed,” and He refused to give further statements.
Likewise, the Minister of the Interior, Mari Rantenenreferred to the events through his social networks: “The day started in a horrible way. There was a shooting at the Viertola school in Vantaa. “I can only imagine the pain and worry many families are experiencing right now.”
What is known about the detainee and those injured in the shooting in Finland?
According to Finnish media, ubn under 12 years old He is the perpetrator of the shooting and has already been arrested by the police.
In the same way, a young man of the same age died at the scene and two others are seriously injured.
Finland and firearms
According to the La Varguandia media, the latest shootings that occurred in different schools in Finland, the Government put the policy that regulates the use of weapons in its sights.
The cases that started the alarms were in 2007, Pekka-Eric Auvinen shot and He killed six students, the school nurse, the director and himself using a gun at the Jokela institute, near Helsinki.
One year later, Matti Saari, also a student, opened fire at a vocational school in Kauhajokilocated in northwestern Finland, killing nine students and one staff member.
In 2010 Finland tightened its gun laws, introducing an aptitude test. Even so today, it is a country with 5.6 million inhabitants and has 1.5 million firearmsof which 430,000 are license holders.