Kauhajoki school shooting

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On 23 September 2008, a school shooting occurred at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK) in Kauhajoki, Finland. The gunman, 22-year-old student Matti Juhani Saari, shot and killed ten people with a Walther P22 Target semi-automatic pistol, with nine victims having been in a classroom and one in a hallway, before shooting himself in the head. He died a few hours later at Tampere University Hospital. Three were injured in the classroom after jumping out the window with one woman also having been shot in the head. Additionally, about 30 police officers were injured after inhaling smoke. The shooting took place at the Kauhajoki School of Hospitality, owned by the Seinäjoki Municipal Federation of Education. The facilities and campus were shared between SeAMK and the Seinäjoki Vocational Education Centre – Sedu. Saari was a second-year student in a Hospitality Management undergraduate degree programme. The incident was the second school shooting in less than a year in Finland...

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