A child has died and two others have been seriously wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland, police say.
Police said all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had fled but was later detained.
Parents told Finnish media that the shooting had taken place in a classroom at Viertola school in Vantaa, to the north of the capital, Helsinki.
Police said they arrived at the school within nine minutes at 09:17 (06:17 GMT) and tended to the three victims.
“One of the victims died almost immediately at this location in the school,” said the head of local police, Tomi Salosyrja. “Two other victims were transported to hospital in Helsinki.” In common with other Finnish schools, children had just returned to classes in Vantaa, just outside Helsinki, after the long Easter weekend. All of those involved are thought to have been in the sixth grade.
The suspect ran off as soon as police arrived and was eventually detained “in a calm manner” in the northern Siltamaki district of Helsinki at 09:58. A video taken from a passing car shows the suspect being pinned down beside a road.
Police said he had been holding a firearm which they had taken from him and he admitted carrying out the shooting.
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