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Bullying at school is thought to be the motive behind this week's fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy at a Finnish primary school, police in the city of Vantaa told a press conference on Wednesday. The suspect, also 12, had revealed under questioning that he had been subjected to bullying at the school, they said. The suspect transferred at the beginning of the year to the sixth class of the school, also attended by the three victims. Two other 12-year-olds were injured. The incident took place

Finland's prime minister Petteri Orpo said the shooting, which also left two girls seriously wounded, was deeply shocking.

“The motive for the act has been found to be bullying,” the Eastern Uusimaa Police Department, which is in charge of the investigation, said in a statement.

Police said the boy had been transferred at the start of this year to Viertola school.

The nation has held a day of mourning.