A 12-year-old baby has died and two others are severely wounded after a suspect of the identical age opened fireplace on classmates at a faculty in Finland on Tuesday.

The taking pictures passed off inside a classroom on the Viertola college in Vantaa, Finland’s fourth largest metropolis, situated to the north of the capital Helsinki. Officers have been known as to the incident simply after 9 a.m. native time. 

The injured youngsters have been rushed to hospital, in accordance to Finnish police. Further particulars of their accidents haven’t been shared publicly.

The college is located throughout two websites in Liljatie and Jokiranta, with the incident happening on the Jokiranta campus. The college hosts 90 employees and 800 college students from first to ninth grade, aged from seven to 16, in accordance to BBC studies. Children had returned to lessons on Tuesday following the lengthy Easter weekend. 

Police mentioned the suspect fled the scene after the taking pictures, however was later detained “in a calm manner” in an space of Helsinki known as Siltakylantie, a 50-minute stroll away from the campus. Officials additionally mentioned they’d eliminated the firearm from the suspect. 

“The immediate danger is over,” the college’s principal Sari Laasila mentioned, however authorities have urged locals to stay indoors. Vantaa—Finland’s fourth largest metropolis—is dwelling to round 240,000 residents.

“The day started in a horrifying way. There has been a shooting incident at the Viertola school in Vantaa. I can only imagine the pain and worry that many families are experiencing at the moment. The suspected perpetrator has been caught,” Finland’s inside minister Mari Rantanen posted on the social media platform X.

Finland’s historical past of deadly college shootings led the nation to reform its gun legal guidelines in 2010. 

In 2007, a teen named Pekka-Eric Auvinen carried out a taking pictures at Jokela highschool, killing six college students, a nurse, and the principal, earlier than killing himself with the handgun. 

In the same assault in 2008, scholar Matti Saari, shot 9 college students and one employees member at a  vocational college in Kauhajoki, in Northwest Finland. Saari additionally turned the gun on himself. 

In response, the Nordic nation raised the age restrict for firearm buy candidates from 18 to 20, and launched a flair check. There are at the moment 1.5 million licensed firearms in circulation and about 430,000 license holders in Finland, and permits are granted by native police departments.