Swedish Boy, 15, Arrested in YouTube School Massacre Copycat Threat

A SWEDISH boy, 15, has been arrested in Orebro, Central Sweden after posting a vdioe on YouTube threatening to emulate the Finnish school massacres.   In the meantime, Finnish police have pleaded with the...

Kauhajoki Victims "Shot 20 Times Each"

IT has been revealed today that some of the vcitims of school gunman Matti Saari, 22, in Kauhajoki, West Finland, had been shot up to twenty times, say the police, and at close range.   Investigators are still trying to discover what triggered Saari to act when he did....

Kauhajoki: Memorial Service held Attended by Finnish Prime Minister

A touching memorial service has been held in Kauhajoki in memory of the ten victims who died at gunman Matti Saari's hand.  In attendance at the service was Tarja Halonen,  Finnish Prime Minister...

KAUHAJOKI: Police Release First Pictures of Horror Class Rooms

  The police in Kauhajoki have released the first pictures of the horror classrooms where the tragdey unfolded two days ago.  Police have also announced that all ten victims have now been identified from...

Kauhajoki: Finnish Childcare Structure to be Over Hauled

THE tragedy at Kauhajoki, following on so closely to that at Jokela, has caused Finnish authorites to look more closely at country's childcare structure.   A report just two months ago by the Mannerhein...

Kauhajoki Killer Rang Friend: "I Have Just Killed 10 People!"

A MAN calling himself "Rauno" has claimed in an interview with a Finnish Magazine 7 päivää (7 Days) that he was a close friend of Matti Saari, 18, and that the deranged misfit had RUNG HIM ON HIS MOBILE CELL PHONE after the killings to say, "I have jsut killed ten people"...

11 Killed After School Shooting in Finland, Kauhajoki

A student has killed himself and 10 other people at Kauhajoki School of Hospitality. Shooting started around 11:00 local time and police was alarmed at scene a little before 11:00. Shooter also set up fire at...

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