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Posted on: September 23, 2008 10:51 AM, by Greg Laden
A vocational college student in Finland, named Matti Juhani Saari, has murdered nine people at the college he attends in Kauhajoki. He nearly botched his own suicide but is not dead in hospital. He was a licensed gun owner, who recently posted video of himself firing his gun on the internet. Police actually looked at him but decided they could nto revoke his permit. Ooops. Details.
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Comments
I'm willing to bet some serious warning signs were ignored beforehand if this guy is as serious a gun nut as he appeared to be..
Posted by: Siyphus Fragment | September 23, 2008 11:10 AM
Posted by: Virgil Samms | September 23, 2008 11:12 AM
Death toll to 11 now. It appears the gun man had started a fire as well. Some are so badly burnt they are still waiting on identification.
Posted by: Markus | September 23, 2008 1:29 PM
According to teachers and school friends he was an ordinary, sociable young man. There were warning signs online, but they weren't "ignored" since the police went and checked the guy out.
This case is extremely similar to the Finnish school shooting from last year. If the shooters were serious gun nuts, emphasis is on the 'nut', not the 'gun'. Both shooters used their first and only gun, a .22 caliber training pistol.
Posted by: windy | September 23, 2008 8:36 PM