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| Finland Kuopio school attack leaves one dead | Finland Kuopio school attack leaves one dead |
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| One person has died and 10 have been wounded in a violent attack at a vocational college in the Finnish city of Kuopio, police say. | One person has died and 10 have been wounded in a violent attack at a vocational college in the Finnish city of Kuopio, police say. |
| A witness told Finnish media that a student entered Savo college carrying a sword and stabbed several people. | A witness told Finnish media that a student entered Savo college carrying a sword and stabbed several people. |
| One person has been arrested and the wounded taken to hospital. | One person has been arrested and the wounded taken to hospital. |
| Armed police later arrived at the school, which is in a shopping centre south of the city centre. | Armed police later arrived at the school, which is in a shopping centre south of the city centre. |
| "One dead body has been found at the college premises of Kuopio Herman," police said. The wounded have been taken to Kuopio university hospital where a major disaster alert is under way. | |
| Two are in a serious condition and the suspect is said to be among the wounded. | Two are in a serious condition and the suspect is said to be among the wounded. |
| Prime Minister Antti Rinne said the violence at the college was "shocking and completely unacceptable", while Education Minister Li Andersson said every young person had a right to study in safety, without fear of violence. | |
| Finland is considered a relatively safe country, with a total of 73 homicides in 2017, but it does have a large gun-owning population. In 2008, a 22-year-old gunman shot dead 10 people in the town of Kauhajoki before fatally shooting himself. |