A 12-year-old opened fire Tuesday at a school outside the Finnish capital Helsinki injuring three other children of the same age, police said, adding that the attacker was in custody.
“All those involved in the shooting incident are minors. According to police’s current information, there are three injured,” a police statement said.
Police specified that both the suspect and the injured were all 12 years old.
A witness told the Iltalehti newspaper that shots echoed across the schoolyard.
In an update, police said the suspect, who was carrying a gun, had been arrested in Helsinki in a “calm manner.”
Iltalehti published a video filmed from a passing car showing two police officers pinning down a child by the side of a road in a residential area.
Police had urged the public to stay away from the area and remain indoors.
(AFP)
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