Finnish school shooting motivated by bullying – police

A 12-year-old suspected of shooting dead a boy at his school and seriously wounding two girls was motivated by bullying, Finnish police say.

The boy was detained some distance from his school in Vantaa on Tuesday morning an hour after he opened fire on other children.

His three victims were also aged 12. The two girls are still in hospital.

Public buildings across Finland lowered their flags from 08:00 (05:00 GMT) on Wednesday to mark a day of mourning.

In a statement, police said the boy had been transferred at the start of this year to Viertola school in Vantaa, to the north of the capital, Helsinki.

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