Raumanmeri school shooting

Raumanmeri school shooting
Location Raumanmeri secondary school, Rauma, Finland
Date 25 January 1989 (1989-01-25)
Attack type
 School shooting, murder
Weapons Pistol
Deaths 2
Perpetrator An unnamed then-14-year-old student at Raumanmeri secondary school
Motive School bullying

The Raumanmeri school shooting was a school shooting that occurred on 25 January 1989 at the Raumanmeri secondary school in Rauma, Finland. It was the first-ever school shooting in the history of Finland.[1] A then-14-year-old student at the Raumanmeri secondary school fatally shot two[2] of his classmates using a pistol that belonged to his father.[3] The shooter had claimed to be a victim of bullying. Due to the perpetrator being under the age of 15, he never faced any criminal charges for the attack.

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References

  1. ↑ "School Shootings Rare in Finland". YLE. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  2. ↑ N Lyytinen (2010). "Posttraumatic stress symptoms among school personnel after the Jokela school shooting" (PDF). University of Helsinki. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  3. ↑ Oksanen, Atte (January 1, 2011). "Cultural and peer influences on homicidal violence: A Finnish perspective". Academia.edu. Retrieved December 18, 2012.


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