Viljandi school shooting

Viljandi school shooting
Location Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonia
Coordinates 58°22′N 25°36′E / 58.367°N 25.600°E / 58.367; 25.600Coordinates: 58°22′N 25°36′E / 58.367°N 25.600°E / 58.367; 25.600
Date October 27, 2014
Target Paalalinna School[1]
Attack type
 School shooting
Deaths 1 [2]
Perpetrator Vahur Ruth, 15

The Viljandi school shooting was a school shooting that occurred on 27 October 2014, at a high school in Viljandi, the seat of Viljandi County, Estonia.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The gunman was a 15-year-old student. The gunman killed Ene Sarap, his German language teacher at the school. Four other students were also present during the shooting.[9] The weapon used for the killing, a revolver, is believed to have belonged to the perpetrator's father.[10][11]

The incident represents the only case of a school shooting in Estonia.[12]

The 20th of October 2015 Ruth was sentenced to 9 years in prison

References

  1. ↑ "Pupil shoots and kills teacher in school in Estonian Viljandi". The Baltic Course. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Teacher Killed in Viljandi School Shooting; 9th Grader in Custody". ERR. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Estonia School Shooting Leaves Teacher Dead". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Teen kills teacher in Estonia's first school shooting". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Student Kills Teacher in Estonia School Shooting:". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Estonian schoolboy shoots dead teacher 15-year-old kills German teacher in shooting at Paalalinna school in Viljandi". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kuidas on Viljandi tragöödiaga seotud menetlust juhtiv prokurör?" (in Estonian). Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ahrensburgs estnische Partnerstadt Viljandi steht unter Schock" (in German). Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Estonia School Shooting Leaves Teacher Dead". Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Viljandi school shooter hospitalised". Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Updates in Viljandi Shooting: Teacher to Be Remembered, Suspect Lands in Hospital". Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "School shooting in small Estonian town of Viljandi". Retrieved 2 November 2014.


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