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12-year-old pupil shoots fellow schoolchildren in Finland
12-year-old pupil shoots fellow schoolchildren in Finland
A 12-year-old boy on Tuesday opened fire on fellow pupils at a school outside the Finnish capital Helsinki and injured three schoolchildren.
The police said that the attacker was already in custody.
The Viertola school in Vantaa, Finland’s fourth largest city, has about 800 pupils and 90 members of staff.
Children in grades one to nine, or aged seven to 15, attend the school.
“All those involved in the shooting incident are minors, according to police’s current information, there are three injured,” a police statement said.
Police specified that both the suspect and the injured were all 12 years old.
A witness told the Iltalehti newspaper that shots echoed across the schoolyard.
“At first I didn’t understand it was a weapon. Then a terrible scream could be heard and children ran across the yard,” the witness said.
The city of Vantaa’s crisis group was activated following the shooting. Images from the scene showed a large number of policemen at the school.
In an update, police said the suspect, who was carrying a gun, had been arrested in Helsinki in a “calm manner.”
Iltalehti published a video filmed from a passing car showing two police officers pinning down a child by the side of a road in a residential area.
Parents of pupils told journalists that the shooting had occurred in a classroom.
Police urged the public to stay away from the area and remain indoors.
“Do not open the door to strangers,” they said in a statement.
Shortly after noon, police had begun letting in parents who were waiting outside the school to see their children, according to an AFP video reporter at the scene.
Finnish Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said in post to X that the day had started in a “shocking way”.
“I can only imagine the pain and worry that many families are experiencing at the moment,” she said.
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said he was “deeply shocked”, adding that his thoughts were with the victims, their relatives and the other students and staff.
Police did not provide details about the severity of the injuries but announced that a press conference would be held in the afternoon.
Finland witnessed two gruesome school shootings in the early 2000s.
In November 2007, an 18-year-old man opened fire at a secondary school in Jokela, some 50 kilometres (31 miles) north of Helsinki, killing the headmaster and nurse along with six pupils — before turning the gun on himself.
AFP
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Court sends tenant to prison for setting landlord’s house on fire
Court sends tenant to prison for setting landlord’s house on fire
One Dickson Peter has been remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly setting his landlord’s house on fire.
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, ordered the remand of the accused on Thursday.
According to NAN, the police charged 35-year-old peter with two counts of felony and arson.
The Magistrate, Mr M. Mudashiru, who did not take the defendant’s plea due to want in jurisdiction, ordered that he should be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo Town.
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Mudashiru said the remand is pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP.
He adjourned the matter until July 23, for mention.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Femi Oluwadare informed the court that Peter on April 18, at about 12:30a.m, was alleged to have unlawfully set fire to the House of his Landlord, Cepas Okeme and destroyed properties worth N6.5 million.
Oluwadare said after he set the building on fire, it also spread to the next property belonging to Bose Ali ‘ F’ and also destroyed property worth N3.5 million.
He said the offence contravened the provisions of section 443 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000
Court sends tenant to prison for setting landlord’s house on fire
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Alleged mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack, Moniker Mandi, arrested
Alleged mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack, Moniker Mandi, arrested
Police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the killing of passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train.
The incident happened in March 2022.
The mastermind was Identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi, also known by the ominous moniker of Mandi.
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The Police Public Relations Officer in Kaduna, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known on Thursday.
He informed the media that the suspect had also participated in the abduction of students from Greenfield University in 2021.
The Police said that 48 AK-47 rifles were seized during Mandi’s arrest and efforts are underway to identify his sponsor and supplier of weapons.
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Woman kills three children over cheating husband
Woman kills three children over cheating husband
A yet-to-be identified woman has reportedly killed her three children following her disapproval of her husband engaging in extramarital affairs.
This was revealed in a statement by an X user, @miss_she_du, on Wednesday.
According to her, the woman trailed her husband to the hotel, where she affirmed his clandestine randy acts.
She noted that following her revelation that her husband cheated on her, she headed home, carried the three kids she bore him, and tossed them over a bridge.
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“A woman caught her husband cheating,” she said. “She already had three kids for him.
“She followed him to the hotel where he was and made sure he saw her. So, she left the hotel without saying a word,” she added.
Further, she revealed that “she went home and carried her three kids, then threw them over the bridge into the water and left them to die.”
She added that “the intriguing part is all the three kids were below three years old, and she had a set of twins among the kids and one single kid.
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