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The shooting took place at the Viertola school in Vantaa, a suburb of the capital Helsinki, which has around 800 pupils from first to ninth grade and a staff of 90 people.

Several people were injured in a Finnish primary school shooting early on Tuesday, Finnish police said in a statement.

The suspect will be put in the care of social services, and is too young to be remanded into custody.

A 12-year-old student has opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland, killing one and seriously wounded two other students. Police said the suspect was later arrested. Heavily armed police cordoned off the lower secondary school, with some 800 students, in the city of Vantaa, just outside the capital, Helsinki, on Tuesday morning. Police said both the suspect and the victims were 12 years old. The suspect was arrested in the Helsinki area later Tuesday with a handgun in his possession...

Suspect, arrested in a "calm manner", and the injured are all the same age.

Suspect arrested after incident at Viertola school in Vantaa

A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland on Tuesday, police said.

Heavily armed police cordoned off the lower secondary school, with some 800 students, in the city of Vantaa.

World News: The authorities were notified of the incident at 09:08 am, subsequently confirming that both the perpetrator and the victims were 12 years old.

(1st UPDATE) The arrest happens peacefully and both the suspect and the weapon are now in police custody, police say