Jokela High School
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Jokela High School is a public secondary school in Jokela School Centre (Finnish: Jokelan koulukeskus) in the village of Jokela, Tuusula municipality, Finland, 43 kilometers outside of the capital of Helsinki. The school has roughly 450 pupils[1]. Jokela School Center also houses grades 7-9.
[edit] School shooting
The school was the site of a rare Finnish school shooting. On November 7, 2007, at approximately 11:44 local time (9:44 UTC) Pekka-Eric Auvinen opened fire at Jokela High School. The incident resulted in the deaths of nine people[2][3]: five male pupils and one female pupil; the school principal; the school nurse; and the shooter himself, who was also one of the school's pupils. Hours before the incident, the shooter posted a video on YouTube predicting the massacre at the school.
This is the second time that a school shooting has occurred in Finland. The previous incident occurred in 1989 at the Raumanmeri school in Rauma, when a 14-year-old fatally shot two fellow students.[4]
[edit] Reopening
Jokela High School reopened on November 15, 2007. The school days were short that day and the next, but students were allowed in the building briefly on November 9 to pick up clothing, books, notebooks, etc. Services were held in the town church and in the Tuusula Primary School in the meantime.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ The Jawa Report: Eight Dead in Jokela
- ^ "Teen gunman dead from critical injuries who opened fire on Finnish classmates", CNN, 2007-11-07. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ "Fatal shooting at Finnish school", BBC News, 2007-11-07. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ "School Shootings Rare in Finland", YLE, 2007-11-07. Retrieved on 2007-11-07.
- ^ "Finnish pupils back in class", November 15, 2007.
