Finland School Attack Kills 1 and Injures Several, Police Say

Source: New York Times

An attack on Tuesday at a vocational college in a shopping center in Finland killed one person and injured 10 others, the police said. A witness told Finnish news outlets that the attack had been perpetrated by a man with a sword.

The suspect was among the injured and was taken to a hospital, the police said on Twitter. They added that the attack happened at Savo Vocational College, which is at a shopping center in Kuopio, a city in central Finland.

One witness told the Finnish outlet MTV News that a teacher at the school was bleeding after being injured by a student with a sword.

The police said the suspect, a Finnish citizen, used a bladed weapon in the attack and was also armed with a gun.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/world/europe/finland-stabbing.html