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A 12-year-old opened fire on Tuesday at a school outside the Finnish capital Helsinki injuring three other children, police said, adding that the attacker was in custody.<\/p>\n
The school in Vantaa has around 800 pupils and 90 staff. Children in grades one to nine, or aged seven to 15, attend the school.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are people injured in the shooting incident\u201d, police said shortly after 10am (7am GMT).<\/p>\n
Police were alerted to the scene at 9:08am and later specified that the suspect and the injured were all 12 years old.<\/p>\n
The city of Vantaa\u2019s crisis group was activated following the shooting, local media reported. Images from the scene showed a large number of police at the school.<\/p>\n
In an update around 11:30am, police said the suspect, who was carrying a gun at the time, had been arrested in an area of Helsinki in a \u201ccalm manner\u201d. Parents of pupils attending the school told the media that the shooting had occurred in a classroom.<\/p>\n Police urged the public to stay away from the area and remain indoors. \u201cDo not open the door to strangers,\u201d they said in a statement.<\/p>\n Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said in a post<\/a> on X that the day had started in a \u201cshocking way\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI can only imagine the pain and worry that many families are experiencing at the moment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n