Heavily armed police cordoned off the lower secondary school, with some 800 students, in the city of Vantaa, just outside the capital, Helsinki.

Finland is already reaping the rewards of NATO membership. May the burgerification of Finland begin!

  • loathsome dongeaterMEnglish
    18•8 months ago

    Shouldn’t be very difficult in places like Finland to acquire firearms? I wonder how he ended up getting his hands on one.

      • loathsome dongeaterMEnglish
        14•8 months ago

        Yeah it’s in the article:

        The weapon used in the shooting was a registered handgun that was licensed to the suspect’s relative, Detective Inspector Kimmo Hyvärinen said.

        Also seems like they are relatively lax with guns:

        In the Nordic nation of 5.6 million, there are more than 1.5 million licensed firearms and about 430,000 license holders, according to the Finnish Interior Ministry. Hunting and gun-ownership have long traditions in the sparsely-populated northern European country.

        Responsibility for granting permits for ordinary firearms rests with local police departments.